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Slam   /slæm/   Listen
noun
Slam  n.  
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."
3.
(Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam or small slam).
4.
The refuse of alum works. (Prov. Eng.)


verb
Slam  v. t.  (past & past part. slammed; pres. part. slamming)  
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.
To slam to, to shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to the door."


Slam  v. 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.





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"Slam" Quotes from Famous Books



... post and pair, or slam, Tom Tuck would play This Christmas, but his want wherewith ...
— The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 • Robert Herrick
... slam, and in a moment the girl he loved stood in the hall, the joy of an evening's perfect happiness shining in her great dark eyes. He watched her a moment, unobserved, as she laid aside her opera cloak and ...
— The Root of Evil • Thomas Dixon
... the doze of an inside passenger, is the great chance of being suddenly aroused by the entrance of company. O tell me, ye of the fine nerve, what is more vexing than to be startled from your nest by the creaking slam of the steps, the bleak winter gales galloping along your face, and a whole bundle of human beings pushing themselves into your retreat! There is no rose without its thorn, as ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 266, July 28, 1827 • Various
... and a face peered in anxiously. It would look as if the owner of the face was fully prepared to slam the door and take to her heels at a second's notice. The man in the chair by the stove smiled ...
— The Alchemist's Secret • Isabel Cecilia Williams
... looking more sorcerer or Zamiel-like than ever, and exclaiming, "The Pope be—!" left the room. The last word was lost in the slam of the door. It was a melodramatic departure, and as such has ever ...
— Memoirs • Charles Godfrey Leland


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