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Meaning of Dunker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Someone who dunks.
  2. One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.
  3. A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
  4. A member of the Church of the Brethren.
  5. A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
  6. Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
  7. A kind of sonobuoy.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”
“Then they drop the dunker into the water and spin it around a few times so you end up upside-down.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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