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  • noun Plural form of dunking.

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Examples

  • It's not news that spiders are really good at surviving dunkings in water.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • Councilmembers Stacy Head, Arnie Fielkow and Shelley Midura will also be available for some dunkings.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Councilmembers Stacy Head, Arnie Fielkow and Shelley Midura will also be available for some dunkings.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • They are tough as nails, and have survived dunkings in tea, many meetings and being stuffed into all manner of bags.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Michelle 2007

  • They are tough as nails, and have survived dunkings in tea, many meetings and being stuffed into all manner of bags.

    Mysteries of the Moleskine Revealed Michelle 2007

  • Hell, I think the Senate Judiciary Committee ought to think about this...a few scary dunkings and all these judicial nominees will sing like canaries about their dubious investments and crazy "professional" associations.

    The Chimes at Midnight 2007

  • So I could swim, after a fashion, but for the next few years, I was fearful any time the water was deeper than I was tall, and in the schoolboy dunkings, I was panicked.

    Why Martial Arts? Steve Perry 2006

  • I have many memories of dunkings in swimming pools and at beaches.

    Think Progress » LETTER: Powell Says Bush Plan To Authorize Torture ‘Would Put Troops At Risk’ 2006

  • So I could swim, after a fashion, but for the next few years, I was fearful any time the water was deeper than I was tall, and in the schoolboy dunkings, I was panicked.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Steve Perry 2006

  • So his grandfather took it upon himself to cure him of his weakness by beating him, holding his head under water, then alternating beatings and dunkings, until Simon had learned to master his terror.

    Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003

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