bathe vs dunk

bathe

verb
  • To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid. 

  • She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical. 

  • To sunbathe. 

  • To cover or surround. 

  • To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. 

  • To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath. 

  • To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim. 

noun
  • The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath. 

dunk

verb
  • To submerge briefly in a liquid. 

  • To set down carelessly. 

  • To put down on social media [+ on (object)]. 

  • To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power. 

noun
  • The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball. 

How often have the words bathe and dunk occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )