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dunk | dunkfest |

As a verb dunk

is .

As a noun dunkfest is

(slang|rare|basketball) a game involving many dunks.

dunk

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To submerge briefly in a liquid.
    • I like to dunk my donut in my coffee.
  • To set down carelessly.
    • Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
  • (ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
    • The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
    • The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.

    Related terms

    * dunk tank * reverse dunk * slam dunk * thunderdunk

    See also

    * alley oop * jam * slam ----

    dunkfest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, rare, basketball) A game involving many dunks.
  • * 2004 , Timothy Harper, Doing Good: Inspirational Stories Of Everyday Americans At Home And At Work
    • Another Ridgewood Y regular described seeing Dalton get into a trash-talking dunkfest on a tough playground in Miami.
  • * 2006 , Jimmy Black, Scott Fowler, Jimmy Black's Tales from the Tar Heels
    • A WORTHY DUNKFEST : Worthy's 28 points in the game included five dunks.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 19, author=Liz Robbins, title=On Star-Studded Stage, Bryant Proves the Best, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Bryant joined Julius Erving, Michael Jordan , Dominique Wilkins and Vince Carter as judges of the dunk contest Saturday night, an event that paled in comparison with Sunday night’s dunkfest , led by Bryant, Amare Stoudemire and Vince Carter. }}
  • * 2007 , Roland Lazenby, Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey
    • The conclusion itself turned into the kind of dunkfest for bench players usually reserved for rec league blowouts.