Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dunker

/dˈʌŋkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: dunker
IPA: /dˈʌŋkɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who dunks.

noun

A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.

noun

A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.

noun

Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.

noun

A kind of sonobuoy.

noun

One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.

noun

A member of the Church of the Brethren.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Then they drop the dunker into the water and spin it around a few times so you end up upside-down."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Tunker
Suffix: dunk, er

Inflected Forms

dunkers (plural) Dunkard (alternative) Tunker (alternative)

Derived Forms

Dunkerism

Synonyms

dunkard tunker

Rhymes With

bunker hunker junker clunker younker spelunker brunker yunker plunker zunker punker chunker

Questions

How do you pronounce dunker?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈʌŋkɚ/.
What does dunker mean?: Someone who dunks.
Where does dunker come from?: It is traced to German.

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