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DictionarydunkBrief immersion
noun / verb

dunk

DUHNGK/dʌŋk/

A brief dip into liquid.

She dunks the biscuit briefly into the tea.

An older woman briefly dips the lower end of a biscuit into tea, keeping most of it dry and held above the liquid.
Etymology
dunkOld High Germanto soak

Old High German dunkon meant “to soak.” English dunk preserves the action of immersion but can describe just a brief dip, rather than leaving something in the liquid.

In context

Trad-Man The Window Cleaner7:37
dunk the washer into the clean bucket of water with nothing added to the water
Squeegee A Window PERFECTLY

More examples

  • He gave the cloth a quick dunk.
  • The swimmer dunked his head.
  • They are dunking cookies in milk.

Forms

dunk · dunks · dunked · dunking

Similar words

dip
Dip is the general neutral term.
immerse
Immerse suggests fuller or longer submersion.