Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To submerge briefly in a liquid. · To set down carelessly. · To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power. · To put down on social media [with on].
The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.
From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.
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