Usually means: Basketball move, slam ball downward.
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  1. dunk shot: Merriam-Webster
  2. dunk shot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. dunk shot: Vocabulary.com
  4. dunk shot: Wiktionary
  5. dunk shot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. dunk shot: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. dunk shot: Dictionary.com
  8. Dunk shot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. dunk shot: Rhymezone
  10. dunk shot: FreeDictionary.org
  11. dunk shot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. dunk shot: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (basketball) A dunk, a shot where the ball is propelled directly downward through the hoop.

Similar:
dunk, dunkfest, dunker, throwdown, slam-dunk, slamdunk, dink, dunk tank, gedunk, dolly shot, more...

Opposite:
layup, jump shot, free throw

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Similar:
dunk, dunkfest, dunker, throwdown, slam-dunk, slamdunk, dink, dunk tank, gedunk, dolly shot, more...

Opposite:
layup, jump shot, free throw



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