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dunker

dunker noun: someone who dunks.

Noun (1)

dunker (plural dunkers)

  1. Someone who dunks.
  2. A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
  3. A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
  4. Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
  5. A kind of sonobuoy.
    • Active sonar, for aircraft purposes still largely associated with dunking, suffers less variability but often has less range. […] Development of both dunkers and sonobuoys continues towards lower frequencies, implying bigger arrays, and deeper deployments.1986, Jane's Defence Weekly, volume 6, page 1285
    • Then they drop the dunker into the water and spin it around a few times so you end up upside-down.2013, Philip Kaplan, Naval Air: Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying, page 179

Noun (2) capitalized: Dunker

Dunker (plural Dunkers)

  1. One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.
  2. A member of the Church of the Brethren.

dunker meaning in Bengali

dunker in Bengali

এক ধরণের সোনোবয়

Forms of dunker

pluraldunkers
pluralDunkers
alternative formDunkard
alternative formTunker

Origin of dunker

From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).

Words formed from dunker

Words that rhyme with dunker

Questions about dunker

What does dunker mean?
Dunker means someone who dunks.
What is dunker in Bengali?
Dunker in Bengali is এক ধরণের সোনোবয়. See Dunker meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dunker?
Dunker is a noun.
What is the plural of dunker?
The plural of dunker is dunkers.

Words near dunker in the dictionary

  1. dunked out
  2. dunkel
  3. Dunkelberger
  4. Dunkeld
  5. dunkels
  6. dunker
  7. Dunkerism
  8. Dunkerque
  9. dunkers
  10. Dunkerton
  11. Dunkerton and Tunley

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