| noun | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
| verb | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate “dip the garment into the cleaning solution” |
| verb | make a dunk shot, in basketball “He dunked the ball” |
| verb | dip into a liquid while eating “She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce” |
| dunk | verb | make a dunk shot, in basketball |
| Dunkard | noun | an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion) |
| dip | noun | a brief immersion |
| dipper | noun | a ladle that has a cup with a long handle |
| souse | noun | the act of making something completely wet |
| plunge | noun | a brief swim in water |
| plunger | noun | hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains |
| dousing | noun | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
| dunk | noun | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |