Slam
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English
Verb
Slam (third-person singular simple present Slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- Don't slam the door!
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!
- (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- 2011 Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster
- But Wolves went in front when Steven Fletcher headed in Stephen Hunt's cross and it was 2-0 when Geoffrey Mujangi Bia slammed in his first for the club.
- (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of.
- Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (intransitive, bridge (card game)) To make a slam bid.
- (transitive) to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
- to drink off, to drink quickly
Synonyms
- (drink quickly): See also Thesaurus:drink
Noun
Slam (countable and uncountable; plural Slams)- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- (countable) (basketball) A slam dunk.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.
- (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?)</span> (countable, prison) A meal where ingredients are shared by three or more people to create dinner.
- A poetry slam.
Noun
Slam (plural Slams)- (obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- (card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (countable, bridge (card game)) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
Derived terms
Verb
Slam (third-person singular simple present Slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)
- (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Thesaurus
Parthian shot, adverse criticism, altogether, animadversion, aspersion, attack, back answer, bad notices, bad press, bang, bang into, bar, barrack, barricade, bash, bastinado, bat, batten, batten down, batter, beat, beating, belt, biff, blast, blow, bolt, bonk, boom, bump, bump into, burst, bust, button, button up, cannon, captiousness, carom, carom into, carping, castigate, caustic remark, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chaff, choke, choke off, chop, clap, clash, clear, clip, clobber, close, close up, clout, clump, coldcock, collide, come into collision, comeback, completely, concuss, confront each other, constrict, contain, contract, cover, crack, crack up, crash, crash into, criticism, criticize, crump, crunch, cudgel, cut, cut at, cutting remark, dash, dash into, deal, deal a blow, deck, denigrate, denounce, dig, dig at, ding, dint, disparage, drub, drubbing, drumming, dump, dump on, encounter, entirely, exception, fall foul of, fasten, faultfinding, fetch, fetch a blow, flak, flap, flay, fleer, fling, flop, flout, fold, fold up, foolery, foul, fully, fusillade, gibe, gibing retort, goal, grand slam, hairsplitting, hammer, hit, hit a clip, hit against, hole, hole in one, home run, home thrust, homer, hostile criticism, hurt, hurtle, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, impinge, imputation, jab, jab at, jape, jeer, jest, key, knock, knock against, knock cold, knock down, knock out, latch, leg-pull, let have it, lick, lock, lock out, lock up, mace, meet, mock, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, occlude, overcriticalness, padlock, pan, parting shot, paste, pelt, percuss, pestering, pettifogging, pillory, plumb, plunk, poke, pooh, pooh-pooh, potshot, pounce on, pounce upon, pound, priggishness, punch, put down, put-down, put-on, quibble, quibbling, quip, quite, rail at, rally, ram, rank out, rap, reflection, report, reproachfulness, revile, right, rude reproach, run down, run into, scathe, scoff, score, scourge, scout, scurrility, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, shoot down, short answer, shut, shut the door, shut up, sideswipe, slam into, slap, slap at, slash, slat, slate, slog, slug, slur, smack, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, smite, snap, sneer, sneer at, snipe at, soak, sock, splat, squeeze shut, strangle, stricture, strike, strike against, strike at, stroke, swap, swat, swing, swipe, taking exception, tap, tattoo, taunt, thump, thwack, touchdown, trichoschistism, twit, verbal thrust, vilify, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop, yerk, zip up, zipper
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Apparently from a Scandinavian source; compare Norwegian slamre, Swedish slemma.
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
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