dunk out

English

Verb

dunk out (third-person singular simple present dunks out, present participle dunking out, simple past and past participle dunked out)

1. (transitive) To extinguish (a flame or lit cigarette) by dunking it into a liquid.
   • 1998, William Hoffman, Tidewater Blood:

     "They'll stall," Walt said and dunked out his cigarette.

2. Misconstruction of dump out (“empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface”).
3. Misconstruction of duck out.