dunk

Noun

• a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

Verb

• dip into a liquid while eating
  • She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
    

• make a dunk shot, in basketball
  • He dunked the ball
    

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  • dip the garment into the cleaning solution
    
  • dip the brush into the paint
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dunk shot , stuff shot , dip , souse , plunge , douse