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slam dunk

–noun Basketball.
a particularly forceful, often dramatic dunk shot.

Origin:
1975–80


slam dunker, noun
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slam-dunk   (slām'dŭngk')
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).

slam'-dunk'er n.
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