dunk
Slam through hoop
To dunk is to dip something briefly into liquid—a doughnut into coffee, a cookie into milk.
In basketball, a dunk is a shot where a player thrusts the ball directly through the hoop from above, and to dunk is to score this way: He dunked on three defenders.
Internet slang extends this to verbal takedowns: She dunked on him with one tweet.
Brief immersion or condiment
- plungeSudden steep descent
- immersePlunge into liquid entirely
- soakSaturate with liquid
- douseWet completely, often flames
drench · steep · saturate · submerse · duck · baptize · sink · engulf
Aerial pass-to-dunk play
- layupClose-range basket attempt
- rimCircular outer boundary
- backboardBoard behind basket
- hoopRigid circular frame
jam · throwdown · posterize · tomahawk · windmill · reverse · one-handed · two-handed
Ring-shaped fried pastry
Dunk over someone embarrassingly
- highlightMost notable part
- showtimeScheduled performance start
- jaw-droppingExtremely surprising or impressive
- thunderousExtremely loud, resounding
emphatic · monster · vicious · crowd-pleaser · facial · throw-down · hammer · explosive
dip
Brief immersion or condiment
douse · drench · steep · saturate · submerse · duck · baptize · sink · engulf · wet
alley-oop
Aerial pass-to-dunk play
hoop · jam · throwdown · posterize · tomahawk · windmill · reverse · one-handed · two-handed · breakaway
doughnut
Ring-shaped fried pastry
bread · cracker · chip · Oreo · tea · coffee · milk · cocoa · sauce · fondue
posterize
Dunk over someone embarrassingly
- highlightMost notable part
- showtimeScheduled performance start
- jaw-droppingExtremely surprising or impressive
thunderous · emphatic · monster · vicious · crowd-pleaser · facial · throw-down · hammer · explosive · powerful
- basketballbasketball, rebound, basketball camps, dribble, layup
- sports moveslayup, dink, spike, serve, fake
- sports slangalley-oop, buzzer beater, clutch, hat trick, home run
- basketball scoringlayup, free throw, jump shot, three-pointer, two-pointer
- basketball slangairball, alley-oop, ankle breaker, baller, ballin
- dunksjam, stuff, flush, alley-oop, throwdown
dunkthree-pointer
Beyond-arc basketball score
jump shot · layup · free throw · floater · fadeaway
dunklayup
Close-range basket attempt
teardrop · floater · finger roll · soft touch · finesse shot
- slam dunkForceful basket from above
- dunk tanksBall-triggered soaking attractions
- dunk onDominate someone publicly
- slam dunkedScored from above rim
- slam dunkingForceful overhead basket
- dunk shotAirborne basket from above
dunking, dunked, dunks, dunker, dunkers, slamdunk, dunkable, slamdunks