A: Do you think the new Samsung smartphone with a foldable screen will be a slam dunk? B: I don’t know. It must look very fancy, though. Note: A slam dunk is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by putting the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. A term coined by former Los Angeles Lakers announcer Chick Hearn, the slam dunk is the most efficient basketball shot. Moreover, it is a crowd-pleaser. The phrase “slam dunk” has entered popular usage in American English outside of its basketball meaning, to refer to something that is sure to happen or be very successful. |