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dunker en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • Then they drop the dunker into the water and spin it around a few times so you end up upside-down. 2013, Philip Kaplan, Naval Air: Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying, page 179:
   • 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. 1986, Jane's Defence Weekly, volume 6, page 1285:

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