dunk

dʌŋk
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Translation of dunk from English into Dutch,

Verb

tr.
1.

food

dip bread or biscuit in liquid before eating
  • He dunked his biscuit in the tea.Hij doopte zijn koekje in de thee.
2.

sports

TECH.US
put the ball through the hoop in basketball
TECH.US
  • He dunked the ball with great force.Hij dunkte de bal met grote kracht.
3.

cooking

Rare
submerge briefly into a liquid
Rare
  • She dunked the cookie in milk.Ze doopte het koekje in de melk.

Noun

1.

cooking

act of submerging something briefly in liquid
  • Give the cookie a quick dunk in milk before eating it.Geef het koekje een snelle indopen in de melk voordat je het opeet.
2.

basketball

TECH.US
act of putting the ball through the hoop
TECH.US
  • His dunk won the game for the team.Zijn dunk bezorgde het team de overwinning.
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Expressions with dunk: examples in English and translations in Dutch

succesformule
The company adopted a slam dunk approach for winning the contract.
bekritiseren
belachelijk maken
She likes to dunk on her friends with playful jokes.
slam-dunk
dunk
He made an impressive slam-dunk during the game.
dompelbak
The dunk tank was the most popular game at the fair.
dunk
dunk shot
He excited the crowd with a powerful dunk shot.

Images of dunk

  • dunk: act of submerging something briefly in liquid
    (cooking) indopen

Synonyms and analogies of dunk in English

Examples of dunk in a sentence

  • They love to dunk cookies in milk.
  • She managed to dunk despite the defender's block.
  • The crowd cheered as he dunked effortlessly.
  • He dunked the bread into the soup.
  • The child dunked the toy in the bathwater.
  • A quick dunk of the bread softened it perfectly.

Translations of "dunk" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
dunknm.

She practiced her dunk daily to improve her basketball skills.

Ze oefende elke dag op haar dunk om beter te worden in basketbal.

duiknm.

Bill, I think that dunk in the lake got to your brain.

Die duik in het water heeft je hersenen aangetast.

Verb
dunkenv.

He trained hard to dunk from the free-throw line one day.

Hij trainde hard om ooit vanaf de vrije worplijn te kunnen dunken.

dompelenv.

Not the same without something to dunk anyway.

Niet hetzelfde, zonder iets te dompelen.

dopenv.

They dunk their pastries in warm milk at the café daily.

Ze dopen hun zoete broodjes elke dag in warme melk in het café.

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dunk: Examples and translations in context

The basketball player did a powerful smack into the backboard during the dunk.

De basketballer beukte bij zijn dunk met veel kracht tegen het bord aan.

In basketball, the lobbed pass was executed perfectly for a dunk.

In het basketbal werd de hoge lobpass perfect uitgevoerd voor een dunk.

His powerful dunk excited the entire crowd in the basketball arena.

Zijn krachtige dunk joeg het hele publiek in de basketbalarena opzwepend omhoog.

That dunk remains one of the most memorable moments in basketball history.

Die dunk blijft een van de meest gedenkwaardige momenten uit de basketbalgeschiedenis.

During the game, his dunk brought the fans to their feet.

Tijdens de wedstrijd zorgde zijn dunk ervoor dat het publiek massaal overeind sprong.

Explode with power every block, steal and run-out dunk.

Laat je kracht zien bij elke block, steal en run-out dunk.

Visualize the successful dunk and immediately focus on your landing.

Visualiseer een succesvolle dunk en direct daarna een soepele landing.

Go out there first time you get the ball and dunk it.

De eerste keer dat je die bal krijgt, dunk je hem erin.

See also:

slam-dunkdunk tankdunk ondunk shot
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