Synonyms for dunk
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1. dunk, dunk shot, stuff shotverb

   a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

   Synonyms:
   stuff shot, dunk shot

2. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseverb

   immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

   "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, hit it up, dim, engross, dump, dowse, dive, duck, launch, sink, steep, immerse, souse, sop, soak, plunk, dip, put out, plunge, soak up, drench, douse, inebriate, absorb

3. dunkverb

   make a dunk shot, in basketball

   "He dunked the ball"

   Synonyms:
   douse, plunge, souse, dip

4. dunk, dipverb

   dip into a liquid while eating

   "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

   Synonyms:
   plunge, duck, douse, souse, dip, dim, sink

Matched Categories

1. • Basketball
   • Immerse
   • Shoot

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "dunk":

   cinch, soak

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1. Allen Iverson:

   Michael Jackson is my favorite artist of all time, and it was like the closest thing to a Michael Jackson concert to me on a basketball level, i don't think a dunk contest will ever be duplicated in that fashion ever again.

2. Brian Turmail:

   This is the worst kind of populism, given the fact that this administration has been aggressively pursuing sanctuary cities, this seems like an easy slam dunk.

3. Dexter Thomas:

   The first wave of basketball in Japan was pushed forward by Slam Dunk, rui Hachimura, if he succeeds, its going to be another level.

4. Mark Ramseyer:

   There are very few prosecutors in Japan. They are massively overworked. Given the workload, they focus first on the slam dunk, guilty-as-sin cases. They don't have time for the' maybe he did it, maybe he didn't cases,'.

5. Brady Henderson:

   Not a slam dunk, but we’re confident that we can win on the federal court level.