Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dunkfest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dunk-fest
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A game involving many dunks.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Another Ridgewood Y regular described seeing Dalton get into a trash-talking dunkfest on a tough playground in Miami."
"A WORTHY DUNKFEST: Worthy's 28 points in the game included five dunks."
"Bryant joined Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins and Vince Carter as judges of the dunk contest Saturday night, an event that paled in comparison with Sunday night’s dunkfest, led by Bryant, Amare Stoudemire and Vince Carter."
"The conclusion itself turned into the kind of dunkfest for bench players usually reserved for rec league blowouts."

Etymology

From dunk + -fest.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dunk

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

dunkfests (plural)

Questions

What does dunkfest mean?: A game involving many dunks.
Where does dunkfest come from?: From dunk + -fest.

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