dunker

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6

Definition of dunker

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who dunks.
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noun

  1. Someone who dunks.
  2. A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
  3. A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
  4. Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
  5. A kind of sonobuoy.
    “Active sonar, for aircraft purposes still largely associated with dunking, suffers less variability but often has less range. […] Development of both dunkers and sonobuoys continues towards lower frequencies, implying bigger arrays, and deeper deployments.”
    “Then they drop the dunker into the water and spin it around a few times so you end up upside-down.”

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Etymology

From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

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