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Verb: slam-dunk  ,slam'dúngk
  1. Make a forceful move against
    "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies"
     
  2. (basketball) make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk
Noun: slam dunk
  1. Something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion
    "predicting his success was a slam dunk"
     
  2. A forceful dunk
     
  3. A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
    - dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot

Derived forms: slam-dunking, slam dunks, slam-dunks, slam-dunked

Type of: affect, basketball shot, bear on, bear upon, cert [Brit, informal], certainty, dead cert [Brit, informal], dunk, foregone conclusion, impact, shot, sure thing, touch, touch on

Encyclopedia: Slam-dunk

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