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Dunked vs Dipped - What's the difference?

dunked | dipped |

As verbs the difference between dunked and dipped

is that dunked is past tense of dunk while dipped is past tense of dip.

As an adjective dipped is

that has been briefly immersed in a liquid.

dunked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dunk)

    • 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 ----

    dipped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dip)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
  • Of headlights: lowered.
  • (archaic, colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
  • *1705 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
  • *:The Lawyers [...] Opposed all Registers, that Cheats / Might make more Work with dipt Estates [...].