slam
see also: SLAM
Pronunciation
SLAM
Noun
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see also: SLAM
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /slæm/
slam (slams, present participle slamming; 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.
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.
- (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.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- (transitive, slang) To change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- (drink quickly) See also Thesaurus:drink
- (shoot up) bang
- French: claquer
- German: zuschlagen, zuknallen
- Russian: хло́пать
- Spanish: azotar, dar un portazo
- Spanish: azotar, dejar caer
- Spanish: azotar
- German: ausschimpfen
- Russian: разноси́ть
- Spanish: calumniar, derramar ponzoña
slam
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- 1981, Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”, A Light in the Attic, Harper & Row:
- How many slams in an old screen door? / Depends how loud you shut it.
- 1981, Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”, A Light in the Attic, Harper & Row:
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
- (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.
- A poetry slam.
- A slambook.
- 2017, Mark Duffett, Fan Identities and Practices in Context: Dedicated to Music (page 194)
- Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos.
- 2017, Mark Duffett, Fan Identities and Practices in Context: Dedicated to Music (page 194)
- (UK, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
- (music genre) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs
- Russian: хлопание
- Russian: оскорбление
slam
- (uncountable, obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- 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.
- Synonyms: spit
- (countable, cards) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
slam (slams, present participle slamming; past and past participle slammed)
- (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
slam (plural slams)
SLAM
Noun
slam (uncountable)
- (computer science) Initialism of w:simultaneous localization and mapping
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