slam dunk

See also: slamdunk and slam-dunk

English

Alternative forms

slam-dunk, slamdunk

Pronunciation

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Noun

slam dunk (plural slam dunks)

(basketball) An impressively forceful dunk.
(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.
(yachting) Tacking on top of the wind of the following yacht in close quarters

Synonyms

dunk shot; over-the-rim shot
See also Thesaurus:easy thing

Derived terms

slam dunk approach

Translations

impressively forceful dunk

Arabic: رَمْيَة سَاحِقَة‎ f (ramya(t) sāḥiqa), سْلَام دَانْك‎ (slām dānk)
Catalan: esmaixada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扣籃／扣篮 (zh) (kòulán)
Finnish: donkkaus
Hungarian: zsákolás (hu)

Verb

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

To perform a slam dunk.