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Slam Dunk

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Noun

1. slam dunk

something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion

Example Sentences:
'predicting his success was a slam dunk'

2. slam dunk

a forceful dunk

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slam Dunk

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noun
1. basketball
a scoring shot in which a player jumps up and forces the ball down through the basket
2. informal
a task so easy that success in it is deemed a certainty
verb slam-dunk
3. basketball
to jump up and force (a ball) through a basket
4. (transitive) US informal
to defeat decisively
You are the best. You have slam-dunked everyone in this pool.
verb (transitive)
1. basketball
to jump up and force a ball through a basket
2. US informal
to defeat decisively
You are the best. You have slam-dunked everyone in this pool.
3. US informal
to push something or someone somewhere with great force
There was a time when he'd have swooped into your shop, slam-dunked the muffin into his coat pocket, balanced the change on top of your head and been out of there.
'How did you get her off?'—'I slam-dunked the security officer.'

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Slam Dunk

see synonyms of slam dunk
noun
1. 
a dunk shot in which the ball is slammed through the basket
verb transitive
2. 
to slam (the ball) through the basket

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slam Dunk

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n.
1. Basketball A dramatic forceful dunk shot.
2. Slang Something that is easy to accomplish or certain to occur: a case that the prosecutor saw as a slam dunk.
v. slam-dunked, slam-dunk·ing, slam-dunks
v.intr.
Basketball
To make a slam dunk.
v.tr.
1. Basketball To shoot (the ball) in a slam dunk.
2. To make a forceful dramatic move against (another): "They've stopped slam-dunking each other and begun designing strategies with the ... aim of moving those on welfare into decent jobs" (David L. Kirp).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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