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slam dunk
1noun
- Basketball. a particularly forceful, often dramatic dunk shot.
- Slang. something regarded as certain to occur or be accomplished, typically something desirable that requires little further effort:
The election is starting to look like a slam dunk for our side.
slam-dunk
2[ slam-duhngk ]
verb (used with object)
- Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
slam dunk
noun
- basketball a scoring shot in which a player jumps up and forces the ball down through the basket
- informal.a task so easy that success in it is deemed a certainty
verb
- basketball to jump up and force (a ball) through a basket
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- slam顎 dunk顎卐r noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of slam dunk1
Idioms and Phrases
A forceful, dramatic move, as in That indictment was a slam dunk if ever there was one . This expression is also often put as a verb, slam-dunk , meaning 鈥渕ake a forceful move against someone,鈥 as in This is a great chance for us to slam-dunk the opposition . The idiom comes from basketball, where it refers to a dramatic shot in which the ball is thrust into the basket from above the rim. It was transferred to other activities from about 1980 on.Example Sentences
They gave up a first rounder next year to draft James Pearce Jr, by no means a slam dunk, and a hefty price to pay for a bit of a swing.
But this is far from a slam dunk.
Many feel the feud originated when Howard took over O鈥橬eal鈥檚 Superman moniker early in his career, wearing a cape and the superhero鈥檚 logo while competing in 鈥 and winning 鈥 the NBA鈥檚 slam dunk contest in 2008.
There were the usual slam dunk, three-point shooting and other skills contests, adding to the carnival show.
With that in mind, here are slam dunk candidates for extensions to be negotiating during spring training.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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