单词 | slam-dunk |
释义 | slam-dunkv. 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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