Past tense of dunk
regular verb
The past tense of dunk is dunked. The past participle is also dunked.
Forms of dunk
| Base form (V1) | dunk /dʌŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dunked |
| Past participle (V3) | dunked |
| Present participle | dunking |
| Third person singular | dunks /dʌŋks/ |
Dunked in a sentence
- The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
- Otherwise I just woulda dunked you instead a bringing you here to my spread.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 396. From the entry woulda
- Lady Houston angrily dunked an oatie into her brandy.2022, George Almond, Even Higher than Everest: The Dramatised Story of the First Flight over the Himalayas, 2nd edition, Paragon…. From the entry oatie
- Jennifer sat down at our table, where Sarah and I dunked the ponchiki doughnuts in lukewarm grey tea.2016, Melissa Burch, My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker, Claremont, N.H.…. From the entry ponchik
- Satisfied with my prowess as a dip-netter, I dunked the quivering mass and let them continue on their frantic run.2013, Joe Fitzgerald, Chasing Pisces in Nova Scotia: An Angling Odyssey, →ISBN. From the entry dip-netter
Meaning of dunk
- verb To submerge briefly in a liquid.
- verb To set down carelessly.
- verb To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
Questions about the past tense of dunk
- What is the past tense of dunk?
- The past tense of dunk is dunked.
- What is the past participle of dunk?
- The past participle of dunk is dunked.
- Is dunk a regular or irregular verb?
- Dunk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dunk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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