"slam dunk" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-slam dunk.ogg [Australia] Forms: slam dunks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slam dunk (plural slam dunks)
  1. (basketball) An impressively forceful dunk. Categories (topical): Basketball Synonyms: dunk shot, over-the-rim shot Derived forms: slam dunk approach Translations (impressively forceful dunk): رَمْيَة سَاحِقَة (alt: ramya(t) sāḥiqa) [feminine] (Arabic), سْلَام دَانْك (slām dānk) (Arabic), esmaixada [feminine] (Catalan), 入樽 (jap⁶ zeon¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 扣籃 (Chinese Mandarin), 扣篮 (kòulán) (Chinese Mandarin), 灌籃 (Chinese Mandarin), 灌篮 (guànlán) (Chinese Mandarin), 入樽 (rùzūn) (Chinese Mandarin), donkkaus (Finnish), zsákolás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-slam_dunk-en-noun-Hs4IVBvZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 13 8 12 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'impressively forceful dunk': 95 2 3
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) A task expected to present no difficulty, a piece of cake. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-slam_dunk-en-noun-KjjmQRqu
  3. (yachting) Tacking on top of the wind of the following yacht in close quarters
    Sense id: en-slam_dunk-en-noun-xEkyIByT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slam-dunk, slamdunk

Verb

Audio: En-au-slam dunk.ogg [Australia] Forms: slam dunks [present, singular, third-person], slam dunking [participle, present], slam dunked [participle, past], slam dunked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} slam dunk (third-person singular simple present slam dunks, present participle slam dunking, simple past and past participle slam dunked)
  1. To perform a slam dunk.
    Sense id: en-slam_dunk-en-verb-IZ09y~J9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slam-dunk, slamdunk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for slam dunk meaning in English (4.7kB)

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