dunk

nouns

a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

verbs

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
"dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
is derived from
make a dunk shot, in basketball
"He dunked the ball"
domain category
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
is a type of (narrower)
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
"shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
dip into a liquid while eating
"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"