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dunk out

dunk out verb: to extinguish (a flame or lit cigarette) by dunking it into a liquid. Also the misconstruction of dump out.

Verb

dunk out (third-person singular simple present dunks out, present participle dunking out, simple past and past participle dunked out)

  1. (transitive) To extinguish (a flame or lit cigarette) by dunking it into a liquid.
    • "They'll stall," Walt said and dunked out his cigarette.1998, William Hoffman, Tidewater Blood

Also used as

dunk out is also the misconstruction of dump out.

dunk out is also the misconstruction of duck out.

Forms of dunk out

third-person singular presentdunks out
present participledunking out
past participledunked out
pastdunked out

Questions about dunk out

What does dunk out mean?
Dunk out means to extinguish (a flame or lit cigarette) by dunking it into a liquid.
What part of speech is dunk out?
Dunk out is a verb.
What is the past tense of dunk out?
The past tense of dunk out is dunked out.

Words near dunk out in the dictionary

  1. Duniverse
  2. duniwassal
  3. duniwassals
  4. dunk
  5. dunk on
  6. dunk out
  7. dunk shot
  8. dunk shots
  9. dunk tank
  10. dunk tanks
  11. Dunk's

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