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SLAM-DUNK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "slam-dunk" is one way to...):
dunk (make a dunk shot, in basketball)
Domain category:
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
slam dunk (a forceful dunk)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a forceful move against
Example:
the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "slam-dunk" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
slam dunk (something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion)
