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SLAM DUNK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A forceful dunk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slam dunk" is a kind of...):
dunk; dunk shot; stuff shot (a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket)
Derivation:
slam-dunk (make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion
Example:
predicting his success was a slam dunk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slam dunk" is a kind of...):
certainty; foregone conclusion; sure thing (something that is certain)
Derivation:
slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)
