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dunker¹

Rhymes with -ʌŋkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun dunkers

  1. Someone who dunks.
  2. A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
  3. A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
  4. Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
  5. A kind of sonobuoy. 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.

Dunker²

Where it comes from

From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).

noun Dunkers · Dunkard · Tunker

  1. One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.
  2. A member of the Church of the Brethren.

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"dunker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dunker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dunker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dunker

Chicago

"dunker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dunker.

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@misc{dunker_2026,
  title = {dunker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dunker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}