| dunk | (n) a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket, Syn. dunk shot, stuff shot |
| dunk | (v) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate, Syn. douse, dip, plunge, souse, Example: dip the garment into the cleaning solution; dip the brush into the paint |
| dunk | (v) make a dunk shot, in basketball, Example: He dunked the ball |
| dunk | (v) dip into a liquid while eating, Syn. dip, Example: She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce |
| dunker | (n) an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it, Example: he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in |
| dunker | (n) a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots |
| dunker | (n) an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion), Syn. Dunkard, Tunker |
| dunkirk | (n) a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat, Example: the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there |
| dunkirk | (n) a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II, Syn. Dunkerque |
| dunkirk | (n) an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330, 000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire, Syn. Dunkerque |
| slam dunk | (n) something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion, Example: predicting his success was a slam dunk |
| slam dunk | (n) a forceful dunk |
| slam-dunk | (v) make a forceful move against, Example: the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies |
| slam-dunk | (v) make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk |
| church of the brethren | (n) a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion, Syn. Dippers, Dunkers |
| Dunker | prop. n. [ G. tunken to dip. ] One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists, and they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States; they were opposed to military service and taking legal oaths, and practiced trine immersion. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]
Seventh-day Dunkers, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Dunkerque | prop. n. the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II (1940) when 330, 000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.
Syn. -- Dunkirk. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Dunkirk | prop. n. the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II (1940) when 330, 000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.
Syn. -- Dunkerque. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| 暗がり | [くらがり, kuragari] Dunkelheit, Finsternis [Add to Longdo] |
| 暗室 | [あんしつ, anshitsu] Dunkelkammer [Add to Longdo] |
| 暗雲 | [あんうん, an'un] dunkle_Wolken [Add to Longdo] |
| 暗黒 | [あんこく, ankoku] Dunkelheit, Finsternis [Add to Longdo] |
| 暮れる | [くれる, kureru] dunkel_werden, versinken, zu_Ende_gehen [Add to Longdo] |
| 浅黒い | [あさぐろい, asaguroi] dunkelfarbig, braeunlich [Add to Longdo] |
| 漠 | [ばく, baku] VAGE, DUNKEL, WUEST, WEIT [Add to Longdo] |
| 漠然 | [ばくぜん, bakuzen] -vage, unbestimmt, -dunkel [Add to Longdo] |
| 濃い | [こい, koi] -dunkel, -dick, -dicht [Add to Longdo] |
| 濃紺 | [のうこん, noukon] dunkelblau [Add to Longdo] |
| 玄 | [げん, gen] DUNKEL, OBSKUR [Add to Longdo] |
| 真っ暗 | [まっくら, makkura] stockfinster, ganz_dunkel [Add to Longdo] |
| 紺 | [こん, kon] DUNKELBLAU [Add to Longdo] |
| 紺色 | [こんいろ, kon'iro] dunkelblau [Add to Longdo] |
| 陰る | [かげる, kageru] dunkel_werden, bewoelkt_werden [Add to Longdo] |
| 陰気 | [いんき, inki] Dunkelheit, Truebsinn, Melancholie [Add to Longdo] |
| 黒い霧 | [くろいきり, kuroikiri] dunkle_Machenschaften [Add to Longdo] |
