slam-dunkv.
/ˌslamˈdʌŋk/, U.S. /ˌslæmˈdəŋk/ 1. Basketball.
a. intransitive. To score by jumping up and thrusting the ball down through the basket with the hand or hands above the rim. Cf. dunk v. 4b.
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1969 Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Feb. 28/1 Wilt slam-dunked and used his famous fallaway shot.
2002 G. V. Roberts Master Cast (2005) 2 She..is like the basketball player who attempts to learn how to slam-dunk before she has become very good at dribbling.
b. transitive. To jump up and thrust (the ball) downward into the basket in this way. Cf. dunk v. 4a.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > play basketball [verb (transitive)] > score goal by dunking
dunk1934
slam-dunk1969
1969 Los Angeles Times 21 Dec. (West Mag.) 19/3 But they prefer Chamberlain to their father because he can slam dunk a basketball.
2009 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury (Nexis) 5 Oct. (caption) Sacramento Kings' Mikki Moore slam dunks the ball during the first quarter of a basketball game with the Philadelphia 76ers.
2. transitive. colloquial. To dismiss or defeat (a person or thing) decisively.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss from consideration
forheedc1275
sequesterc1380
forlaya1400
to lay awaya1400
to put, set or lay byc1425
to lay by1439
to lay asidec1440
to set, lay, put apart1477
bar1481
to lay apart1526
to throw out1576
disclude1586
to fling aside1587
to fling away1587
exclude1593
daff1598
to throw by1644
eliminate1850
to write off1861
to filter out1934
slam-dunk1975
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly
threshc1384
to knock the socks offa1529
thump1597
thrash1609
thwacka1616
capot1649
to beat to snuff1819
to knock into a cocked hat1830
to —— (the) hell out of1833
sledgehammer1834
rout1835
whop1836
skin1838
whip-saw1842
to knock (the) spots off1850
to make mincemeat of1853
to mop (up) the floor with1875
to beat pointless1877
to lick into fits1879
to take apart1880
to knock out1883
wax1884
contund1885
to give (a person) fits1885
to wipe the floor with1887
flatten1892
to knock (someone) for six1902
slaughter1903
slather1910
to hit for six1937
hammer1948
whomp1952
bulldozer1954
zilch1957
shred1966
tank1973
slam-dunk1975
beast1977
1975 Philadelphia Inquirer 8 June 4 f/3 Lawrence O'Brien..rejected the New York Knicks and McGinnis just as they were about to slam-dunk the 76ers and what few tattered shreds of ethics remain in pro basketball.
1991 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Electronic ed.) 6 June a11 Every time it's been suggested, someone (in Congress) has slam-dunked the idea.
2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 May 48/1 Real progress on issues like gas-mileage standards and the development of alternative fuels was next to impossible. ‘We got slam-dunked on almost every issue.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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