dunk
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The meaning (definition) of the word dunk
to jump up and push a ball down through a basketball hoop
The word dunk used in a sentence
“Olivia jumped up high and tried to dunk the basketball through the net.”
Words that mean the same as dunk (synonyms)
shootslam
How the word dunk is said around the world
| French | faire un dunk (FEHR uhn DUNK) |
| Spanish | hacer un mate (ah-THEHR oon MAH-tay) |
| Mandarin | 扣篮 (koh lahn) |
| Hindi | डुबाना (duu-BAH-nah) |
| Arabic | دانك (DAHN-kah) |
| Russian | забивать мяч в кольцо сверху (zah-bee-VAHT myahch f kahl-TSOH SVYER-khoo) |
| Portuguese (EU) | fazer um afundanço (fuh-ZAYR oong uh-foon-duhn-SOO) |
| Portuguese (BR) | enterrar a bola (ayn-teh-HAHR ah BOH-lah) |
| Japanese | ダンクする (DAHN-ku su-ru) |
| German | dunken (DUN-kun) |
| Urdu | ڈنک (DU-nuhk) |
| Punjabi | ਡੰਕ (dunk) |
| Korean | 덩크슛을 하다 (DUNG-keu-shoo-seul hah-dah) |
| Hebrew | דאנק |
| Greek | καρφώνω (kahr-FOH-noh) |
| Dutch | dunken (DUN-kuhn) |
| Tagalog | mag-dunk (mahg-DUNK) |
| Vietnamese | úp rổ (OO-urp zoh) |
| Turkish | smaç yapmak (smahch yahp-MAHK) |
| Persian | توپ را در سبد کوبیدن (toop rah dar sa-BAD koo-bee-DAN) |
| Polish | wsadzić (FSAH-jeech) |
| Ukrainian | забивати м'яч у кошик згори (zah-bee-VAH-tee myahch oo KOH-sheek ZHOH-ree) |
| Bengali | ডান্ক (DAHN-kaw) |
| Swedish | dunka bollen i korgen (DUNK-ah BOL-en ee KOR-yen) |
| Italian | schiacciare a canestro (skyahch-CHAH-ray ah kah-NES-troh) |
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