slam

Plural: slams

Noun

• winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
• the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
• a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• A sudden impact or blow.
• The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
• A slam dunk.
• One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
• An insult.
• The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
• A poetry slam.
• A slambook.
• A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
• 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.
• Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
• A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
• Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
• A shambling fellow.

Verb

Verb Forms: slammed, slamming, slams

• To shut something with great force and noise.
• close violently
  • "He slammed the door shut"
• strike violently
  • "slam the ball"
• dance the slam dance
• throw violently
  • "He slammed the book on the table"
• 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. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
• To strike forcefully with some implement.
• To strike against suddenly and heavily.
• To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
• To defeat or overcome in a match.
• To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
• To compete in a poetry slam.
• To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
• To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
• To drink off, to drink quickly.
• To inject intravenously; shoot up.
• To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
• To occupy and busy with a high workload.
• To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
• To make a slam bid.

Examples

• Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless.
• Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!
• Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!
• Don't slam the door!
• I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.
• I wanted to SLAM my phone down after my opponent played a bingo with all seven tiles.
• The Armenian football team has slammed the Turks 6–0.
• The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.
• Union leaders slammed the new proposals.

Synonyms

bang, barb, dig, flap down, gibe, jibe, mosh, shaft, shot, slam dance, sweep, thrash, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, berate, berisp, blast, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, drag, dress down, drink, eat someone alive, excoriate, find fault, fulminate, get down, get up, give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, hydrate, imbibe, inveigh, lace into, lambaste, lecture, light into, objurgate, pooh-pooh, put someone on blast, rate, read somebody the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rip into, rubbish, savage, scold, slam, spit, tear into, tell off, threap, tick off, tosh, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, wet one's beak, wet one's whistle

Antonyms

back, support

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