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Slam
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- 1 A sudden impact or blow. countable
"How many slams in an old screen door? / Depends how loud you shut it."
- 2 A type of card game, also called ruff and honours. obsolete, uncountable
- 3 A shambling fellow. obsolete
- 4 Initialism of simultaneous localization and mapping. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 5 an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect wordnet
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- 6 The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object. countable
"The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam."
- 7 A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules. countable, uncountable
- 8 Acronym of supersonic low altitude missile. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 9 a forceful impact that makes a loud noise wordnet
- 10 A slam dunk. countable
- 11 Losing or winning all the tricks in a game. countable
- 12 Acronym of stand-off land attack missile. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 13 the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects wordnet
- 14 One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events. countable
- 15 A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump. countable
- 16 winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge wordnet
- 17 An insult. US, colloquial, countable
"I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes."
- 18 Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season. countable
"In the 125 Grand Prix, I. D. Fuller (4) made it a grand slam by setting the fastest time trial, winning his heat and getting the checkered flag in the final."
- 19 The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product. UK, dialectal, uncountable
- 20 A poetry slam. countable, uncountable
- 21 A slambook. countable, uncountable
"Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos."
- 22 A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs. uncountable
- 1 To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise. ergative, transitive
"Don't slam the door!"
- 2 To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand. transitive
"D having seven Spades in his Hand wins them, and consequently slams A and B"
- 3 strike violently wordnet
- 4 To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.) ergative, transitive
"Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!"
- 5 To make a slam bid. intransitive
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- 6 throw violently wordnet
- 7 To strike forcefully with some implement. ambitransitive
"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."
- 8 close violently wordnet
- 9 To strike against suddenly and heavily. intransitive
"The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river."
- 10 dance the slam dance wordnet
- 11 To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time. slang, transitive
"They want me nicked, they want me slammed Fuckin' snitch had me on remand"
- 12 To defeat or overcome in a match. slang, transitive
"The Armenian football team has slammed the Turks 6–0."
- 13 To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully. colloquial, transitive
"Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!"
- 14 To compete in a poetry slam.
- 15 To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- 16 To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent. transitive
- 17 To drink off, to drink quickly. transitive
"17 slam some go juice Big project this afternoon? In stressful situations, glucose-rich drinks improve mood and mental performance, say Dutch researchers."
- 18 To inject intravenously; shoot up. ambitransitive, slang
"I mentioned earlier how many people will draw lines in the sand that they'll never cross: some won't try Tina, others will never slam."
- 19 To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail. slang, transitive, vulgar
"Your bird's textin' me 'Tremzy is the man,' You be tryna call her but she's busy gettin' slammed The way she's gettin' doggied you would think she's tryna dance"
- 20 To occupy and busy with a high workload. US, informal
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:slam. And Citations:slammed."
Etymology
From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”).
From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”).
Unknown and long-speculated, though perhaps at least reinforced by Etymology 1. Doublet of chelem.
Unknown and long-speculated, though perhaps at least reinforced by Etymology 1. Doublet of chelem.
Compare Dutch slomp, German Schlampe.
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