slam

English

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Etymology 1

Apparently from a Scandinavian source; compare Norwegian slamre, Swedish slemma.

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”, 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.
    Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!
  5. (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
  6. (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
  7. (transitive) to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
  8. to drink off, to drink quickly
  9. to compete in a poetry slam
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise
To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise
To strike forcefully with some implement
To speak badly of
To dunk forcefully

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.
    • Dickens
      The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
  3. (countable) (basketball) A slam dunk.
  4. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
    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. (UK, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
Translations
An act of slamming
The shock and noise produced by slamming
A slam dunk
An insult
The refuse of alum works

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.

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French

Noun

slam m (plural slams)

  1. poetry slam
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