Meaning

3 senses
  1. An impressively forceful dunk.

    a forceful dunk

  2. (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.

  3. Tacking on top of the wind of the following yacht in close quarters

Examples

4 sentences
  1. It looks like a slam dunk.

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  2. This is a slam dunk.

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  3. Merrick Garland has a slam dunk case against Trump.

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  4. When you mention that centre, who is "Slam Dunk" Shouhoku?

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Forms

plural: slam dunks

Synonyms

2 synonyms
dunk shotover-the-rim shot

Word family

1 related words
Relatedslam-dunk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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