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dunk someone or something into something and dunk someone or something in to submerge someone or something in something, fully or partially. They dunked him into the pool as a way of celebrating. Liz pulled the cup of coffee toward herself and dunked in her doughnut. She dunked herself into the cold water for just a minute. slam dunk 1. Lit. [in basketball] a goal scored by shooting the ball down from above the rim. He was wide open and scored on an easy slam dunk. 2. Fig. an action or accomplishment that is easily done. Finishing that project with all his experience should be a slam dunk for George. See also: slam How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Phillips is the latest in a long line of great Taft dunkers, including Jordan Farmar, Al Brown, Harold Shevlin and David Enzer. Scott Frankel and Michael Korie's score has a few sophisticated set pieces (superbly staged by Jeff Calhoun), a lot of generic stuff, some real dunkers, and at least two ballads that are destined to enter the cabaret-pop pantheon, "Will You? Dunkers, A study of dental adhesion by means of the microbond test, Polymer Preprints 38(2):112-113 (1997). |
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