▸ verb: (transitive) To submerge briefly in a liquid. ▸ verb: (transitive) To set down carelessly. ▸ verb: (ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power. ▸ verb: (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [with on]. ▸ noun: The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball. ▸ noun: A surname. ▸ noun: A locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, which includes the Family Islands; one is Dunk Island, named after George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.
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