slam dunk

See also: slamdunk and slam-dunk

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• slam-dunk, slamdunk

NounEdit

slam dunk (plural slam dunks)

1. (basketball) An impressively forceful dunk.
2. (colloquial, idiomatic) A task expected to present no difficulty, a piece of cake.

   As long as you get the vice president's approval first, it'll be a slam dunk.

3. (yachting) Tacking on top of the wind of the following yacht in close quarters

SynonymsEdit

• dunk shot; over-the-rim shot

TranslationsEdit

impressively forceful dunk

• Catalan: esmaixada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扣籃 (zh), 扣篮 (zh) (kòulán)

• Finnish: donkkaus

VerbEdit

slam dunk (third-person singular simple present slam dunks, present participle slam dunking, simple past and past participle slam dunked)

1. To perform a slam dunk.

Derived termsEdit

• slam dunk approach