dunkable

Fit for dipping

Dunkable describes something suitable for dunking—typically a cookie or biscuit firm enough to dip into coffee, tea, or milk without immediately disintegrating: Biscotti are perfectly dunkable.

The word also applies to basketball contexts, describing a ball position or player height that allows for a slam dunk: At 6'8", he's easily dunkable.

snacks

biscotti

Crunchy Italian almond cookies

ladyfinger · wafer · graham · rusk · pretzel · churro · biscuit · digestive · zwieback · snickerdoodle

breads

toast

Heated bread; glass-raising honor

crostini · pita · naan · focaccia · ciabatta · sourdough · rye · lavash · flatbread · crouton

basketball

alley-oop

Aerial pass-to-dunk play

  • rimCircular outer boundary
  • backboardBoard behind basket
  • netFinal amount remaining

jumpshot · layup · rebound · swish · posterize · hangtime · windmill · fastbreak · elevation · vertical

soggy

saturated

Thoroughly soaked through

softened · mushy · sopping · moistened · drenched · absorbent · crumbly · disintegrating · squishy · squelchy

beverages

coffee

Brewed bean beverage

  • teaSteeped leaf beverage
  • milkMammalian nursing fluid
  • cocoaGround cacao seed powder

espresso · latte · chai · cappuccino · mocha · matcha · milo · horchata · atole

playful

bathtub

Fixture for soaking

bathtime · bubbles · pool · toddler · toy · rubber-duck · waterplay · giggling · paddling · wading

Opposites
structural integrity in liquid

dunkablecrumbly

Prone to fragmenting

disintegrating · dissolving · friable · fragile · flaky

suitability for dunking action

dunkableunwieldy

Awkward to manipulate

oversized

Family

dunk, dunking, dunked, slam dunk, dunks, dunker

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G