slam dunk

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slam dunk

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.

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slam dunk

1. (Basketball) 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

3. (Basketball) basketball to jump up and force (a ball) through a basket

4. (tr) informal US to defeat decisively

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

slam′ dunk`

a forceful, often dramatic dunk shot in basketball.

[1975–80]

slam′ dunk`er, n.

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Noun	1.	slam dunk - something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion; "predicting his success was a slam dunk" sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
	2.	slam dunk - a forceful dunk dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot - a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

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