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DUNKER

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Overview

DUNKER (noun)
  The noun DUNKER has 3 senses:

1. an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating itplay

2. a basketball player who is able to make dunk shotsplay

3. an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)play

  Familiarity information: DUNKER used as a noun is uncommon.


English dictionary: Word details


DUNKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in

Hypernyms ("dunker" is a kind of...):

eater; feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A basketball player who is able to make dunk shots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dunker" is a kind of...):

basketball player; basketeer; cager (an athlete who plays basketball)


Sense 3

Meaning:

An adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dunkard; Dunker; Tunker

Hypernyms ("Dunker" is a kind of...):

Baptist (follower of Baptistic doctrines)

Holonyms ("Dunker" is a member of...):

Church of the Brethren; Dippers; Dunkers (a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion)


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