dunk shot
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3.5
- noun
- /dʌŋk ʃɑt/
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mate
- She practiced her dunk shot every day to improve her basketball skills.
Examples
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Even Tiago Splitter got into the act, unleashing a behind-the-back bounce pass to Green for a fourth-quarter dunk shot.
Blog text (19) -
l'll work on my dunk shot.
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Calbert starts across. back cut. lob. dunk shot.
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-Your dunk shot?
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A dunk shot.
Blog text (13) -
During the game, he executed a powerful dunk shot that left the crowd cheering.
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In the final minutes, his dunk shot sealed the team's victory and sparked wild celebrations.
Synonyms
289
1.6
An attempt to score in a sport, for example throwing a heavy ball in shot put
80
4.7
A basketball shot pushing the ball down through the hoop with one or both hands above the rim
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1.5
A score made by throwing the ball through the hoop in basketball
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3.3
A basket scored during play by throwing the ball through the other team's hoop
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3.4
A strong shot where a player jumps and puts the ball through the hoop with one or both hands
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2.0
An attempt to score by throwing the ball into the hoop
A basketball play where a player puts the ball down hard through the hoop
How Forceful
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3.4
1
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'dunk' describes thrusting the ball down through the hoop and 'shot' denotes an attempt to score, so a 'dunk shot' is clearly an attempt to score by dunking. This noun–noun combination follows a straightforward English compounding pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Dunk shot comes from the image of a player jumping and dunking the ball, pushing it down by hand into the hoop as a shot. So, it means 'a shot where the ball is forced down into the basket'.