slam-dunk

1. 1.

   make a forceful move against

   “the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies”

   Broaderaffect
2. 2.

   make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk

   Broaderdunk

   basketball

Questions about slam-dunk

What does slam-dunk mean?

slam-dunk means "make a forceful move against". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slam-dunk?

slam-dunk has 2 syllables: slam--dunk. The stress falls on "dunk".

Is slam-dunk a common word?

slam-dunk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.