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Webster 1913 Edition


Slam

Slam

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slammed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slamming
.]
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
slamra
,
slambra
,
sl[GREEK]ma
, Norw.
slemba
,
slemma
, dial. Sw.
slämma
.]
1.
To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang;
as, he
slammed
the door
.
2.
To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; – usually with down;
as, to
slam
a trunk down on the pavement
.
3.
To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.
[Prov. Eng.]
4.
To strike down; to slaughter.
[Prov. Eng.]
5.
To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Hoyle.
To slam to
,
to shut or close with a slam.
“He slammed to the door.”
W. D. Howells.

Slam

,
Verb.
I.
To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise;
as, a door or shutter
slams
.

Slam

,
Noun.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, slams.
2.
The shock and noise produced in slamming.
The
slam
and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
Dickens.
4.
The refuse of alum works.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Slam

SLAM

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To strike with force and noise; to shut against; a violent shutting of a door.
2.
To beat; to cuff.
3.
To strike down; to slaughter.
4.
To win all the tricks in a hand; as we say, to take all at a stroke or dash.

Definition 2024


slam

slam

English

Verb

slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)

  1. (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
    Don't slam the door!
  2. (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!
  3. (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
    • 2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC:
      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.
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
    Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!
    Union leaders slammed the new proposals.
    Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless.
  5. (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
  6. (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
  7. (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hoyle to this entry?)
  8. (transitive) to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
  9. to drink off, to drink quickly
  10. to compete in a poetry slam
Synonyms
  • (drink quickly): See also Wikisaurus:drink
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)

  1. (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
  2. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
  3. (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
  4. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      “Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.
    I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.
  5. (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
  6. A poetry slam.
  7. (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
Translations

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

slam (plural slams)

  1. (obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
  2. (card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
  3. (countable, bridge) 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)

  1. (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

Anagrams


French

Noun

slam m (plural slams)

  1. poetry slam

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [slam]

Noun

slam

  1. dative of slě

Volapük

Proper noun

slam

  1. Islam

Declension