Definition of Dunkirk

Noun: Dunkirk  ,dún'kurk or 'dún,kurk

1. A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat
   "the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there"
    
2. An amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
   - Dunkerque
    
3. A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
   - Dunkerque

See also:
dunking
dunks

Anagrams containing the word Dunkirk

dinkukr kdunkir rkdunki irkdunk kirkdun nkirkdu unkirkd