poster dunk

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A poster dunk is a basketball slam dunk performed so forcefully over a defender that the image could be frozen as a poster—the dunker rising triumphant, the defender helpless beneath.

The term emphasizes dominance and humiliation: He caught a poster dunk right in his face.

To get posterized is to be on the wrong end of one.

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spectacle and athleticism

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Close-range basket attempt

finger roll · bunny · floater · teardrop · bank shot

aggression and contact

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Backward-moving basketball shot

pull-up jumper · floater · soft touch · step-back · euro step

humiliation dynamic

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Denial of acceptance

Family

poster, dunk, post, posters, posted, posting, dunks, dunked, dunking

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G