dunkable

dunkable

English

Etymology

    From dunk + -able.

    Adjective

    dunkable (comparative more dunkable, superlative most dunkable)

    1. (informal) Suitable for dunking (as of food).
      • 2006, Maida Heatter, Toni Evins, Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts:
        Just remember to keep the mixture thick; it should coat the dunkable items heavily.
      • 2007, Shauna James Ahern, Gluten-Free Girl:
        They're milk-dunkable and sophisticated at the same time. I dare you to eat just one.
    2. (informal) Waterproof.
      • 1961, Jeanne Harman, The Virgins: Magic Islands:
        The row upon row of half-inch, hand-plaited straw, handsewn, is eminently dunkable, a feature not only useful to the seafaring inventors...
      • 1993, Lakeland Boating:
        Such cases let you use your dry-land SLR underwater, but cost enough that an inexpensive "dunkable" camera seems the choice except for perfectionists!

    Noun

    dunkable (plural dunkables)

    1. Any food item suitable for dunking.
      • 1984, Arthur Frommer, Darwin Porter, Frommer's Dollarwise Guide to Switzerland & Liechtenstein, page 22:
        Other dunkables besides bread cubes are chunks of apples and pears, grapes, cocktail wieners, cubes of boiled ham, shrimp, pitted olives, and tiny boiled potatoes.

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