dunks
Dips in milk
Dunks is the plural of dunk—a forceful basketball shot where a player thrusts the ball down through the hoop.
Highlight-reel dunks showcase athleticism and power: He had three dunks in the first quarter.
Outside basketball, dunks are acts of dipping something briefly into liquid: a few dunks of the cookie into milk.
Aerial pass-to-dunk play
- rimCircular outer boundary
- backboardBoard behind basket
- slamForceful impact or closure
- jamCooked fruit spread
layup · fastbreak · NBA · rebound · posterize · throwdown · two-handed · reverse
alley-oop
Aerial pass-to-dunk play
jam · layup · fastbreak · NBA · rebound · posterize · throwdown · two-handed · reverse · baseline
posterize
Dunk over someone embarrassingly
- windmillRotating structure harnessing air
- tomahawkIndigenous hand axe
- 360-degreeComplete angular revolution
reverse · alley-oop · elevation · acrobatic · high-flying · throwdown · facial · monster · vicious · emphatic
dip
Brief immersion or condiment
soak · douse · drench · steep · saturate · drown · tea · cookies · biscuits · doughnut
dunksthree-pointers
Shots scoring triple points
fadeaways · free throws · layups · floaters · hook shots
- 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