dunking

[ duhng-king ]

noun

1. the action of plunging or being plunged into water or other liquid:

   Learning to canoe cost her several dunkings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dunking¹

First recorded in 1915–20; dunk + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Earlier in the day, Trump visited a McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he learned to make fries, dunking the wire basket in sizzling oil, and serving meals at a drive-through window.

From BBC

After James had swatted one of his shots and plowed over him with a spin move in the lane, Yabusele answered by dunking on the Lakers superstar, drawing a foul and finishing the three-point play.

From Los Angeles Times

My dad would then round the corner with tons of food stacked atop styrofoam platters and we’d all eat up, happily dipping and dunking, drowning in used napkins to clean our chili-sauce-streaked-fingers.

From Salon

Now I’m imagining dunking caramel cake in the caramel fountain, and my brain might explode.

From Literature

My dunking caused unnecessary friction, but still, together, we ran the courts — from our home turf of Ellwood to The Cage over West.

From Salon