<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Dunkirk</li><li>a seaport in N France: site of the evacuation of a British expeditionary force of over 330,000 men under German fire May 29–June 4, 1940</li><li>a period of crisis or emergency when drastic measures must be enforced: The smaller nations were facing a financial Dunkirk</li><li>a city in W New York, on Lake Erie</li></ul>