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dunk
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dunk, v.tr.
1 dip (bread, a biscuit, etc.) into soup, coffee, etc. while eating.
2 immerse, dip (was dunked in the river).
1 dip (bread, a biscuit, etc.) into soup, coffee, etc. while eating.
2 immerse, dip (was dunked in the river).
Etymology
Pennsylvanian G dunke to dip f. G tunken
THESAURUS
dunk
baptize, bury, deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, engulf, float, flood, flow on, immerge, immerse, inundate, merge, overwhelm, plunge in water, pour on, rain, saturate, sink, sluice, soak, sop, souse, submerge, submerse, swamp, whelmFor further exploring for "dunk" in Webster Dictionary Online