noun
Meaning 1
Someone who dunks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
dunker
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rhymes with -ʌŋkə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 3
A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
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noun
Meaning 5
A kind of sonobuoy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 6
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.
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noun
Meaning 7
A member of the Church of the Brethren.
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noun
Meaning 8
an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Dunkard, Tunker
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Broader terms: Baptist
noun
Meaning 9
a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: basketball player, basketeer, cager
noun
Meaning 10
an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in
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Broader terms: eater, feeder
History
Etymology
From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).
From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).