how to pronounce dunk

/ˈdʌŋk/

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dunk is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of dunk in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the first dunk is the craziest because …”

meaning of dunk

Dunk means to lower something into a liquid, usually water, with a quick, sudden movement.

dunk frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dunk occurs in english on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dunk can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dunk can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;