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Princeton's WordNet
slam dunknoun
something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion
"predicting his success was a slam dunk"
slam dunkverb
a forceful dunk
slam-dunkverb
make a forceful move against
"the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies"
slam-dunkverb
make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk
Wikipedia
slam-dunk
Slam Dunk (stylized as SLAM DUNK) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of a basketball team from Shōhoku High School in the Shōnan area of Japan. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation which aired from October 1993 to March 1996 and has been broadcast worldwide, enjoying much popularity particularly in Japan, several other Asian countries and Europe. Slam Dunk has 170 million copies in circulation, making it the seventh best-selling manga series in history. In 1994, it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan.
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slam-dunk
A slam-dunk is a term primarily used in basketball, referring to a shot in which a player jumps up and pushes the ball forcefully down through the net from above the rim. For a shot to be considered a slam-dunk, the player's hand must be at or above the level of the rim while shooting. This term is also used figuratively in various fields to denote a sure or certain thing, or an action that is easily accomplished.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slam-dunk in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slam-dunk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of slam-dunk in a Sentence
It's not a slam dunk either way. I think the constitutional arguments are very difficult for him.
It’s such a slam dunk, those places have to have a TV in each room anyway. So this reduces staff inefficiencies. They can check in with patients remotely, and they can even have loved ones check in on them.
This is the worst kind of populism, given the fact that this administration has been aggressively pursuing sanctuary cities, this seems like an easy slam dunk.
That was quite a slam dunk, they scaled it very impressively and in a short period of time.
We can't say for sure this will make it a slam dunk for EPA to do all the things they've got to do to get to the target, but it's got to make it easier.
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