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slam dunk

 
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–noun Basketball.
a particularly forceful, often dramatic dunk shot.
Origin:
1975–80

Related forms:
slam dunker, noun

slam-dunk

  [slam-duhngk]
–verb (used with object)
Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
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slam dunk   (slām'dŭngk')
n.  

  1. Basketball A dramatic forceful dunk shot.

  2. Slang A forceful dramatic move: "I ask [him] whether the slam dunk of the indictment was a spontaneous or planned bit of theater" (Ron Rosenbaum).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
slam dunk

  1. tv. & in.
    to force a basketball into the basket from above. (See also jam.) : Wilbur slam dunked another one, raising the score from 108 to 110.
  2. n.
    an act of making a basket as in sense 1. : Another slam dunk and Wilbur ties the score again!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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