1. (basketball) make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk
   "The player slam-dunked the ball, bringing the crowd to their feet"
    
2. Make a forceful move against
   "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies"

1. A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
   "The crowd went wild after his powerful slam dunk";
   - dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot
    
2. A forceful dunk
   "The player's slam dunk energized the crowd and his teammates"
    
3. Something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion
   "predicting his success was a slam dunk"

Derived forms: slam-dunking, slam dunks, slam-dunked, slam-dunks

Type of: affect, basketball shot, bear on, bear upon, cert [Brit, informal], certainty, dead cert [Brit, informal], dunk, foregone conclusion, impact, shot, sure thing

Encyclopedia: Slam-dunk