slam dunk
Use Slam dunk in a sentenceslam dunk
noun Basketball.
a particularly forceful, often dramatic dunk shot.
Origin:
1975–80
1975–80
Related forms
slam dunker, noun
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verb (used with object)
Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
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| slam dunk | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 3. | basketball to jump up and force (a ball) through a basket |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
slam dunk
A forceful, dramatic move, as in That indictment was a slam dunk if ever there was one. This expression is also often put as a verb, slam-dunk, meaning "make a forceful move against someone," as in This is a great chance for us to slam-dunk the opposition. The idiom comes from basketball, where it refers to a dramatic shot in which the ball is thrust into the basket from above the rim. It was transferred to other activities from about 1980 on.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
In fact, you would have thought this small business bill would have been a slam dunk.
How you got involved in this whole thing was with the aim to slam dunk it.
But even more important than the hominid bones was the slam dunk evidence for the ecological context the creature had inhabited.
It's the same elation that follows a game-winning goal or a buzzer-beating slam dunk.
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