English Explanatory Dictionary

slam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
  2. To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
  3. To strike forcefully with some implement.
  4. To strike against suddenly and heavily.
  5. To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
  6. To defeat or overcome in a match.
  7. To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
  8. To compete in a poetry slam.
  9. To slam-dance.
  10. To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
  11. To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
  12. To drink off, to drink quickly.
noun
  1. A sudden impact or blow.
  2. The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
  3. A slam dunk.
  4. One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
  5. An insult.
  6. The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
  7. A poetry slam.
  8. A slambook.
  9. A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
noun
  1. A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
  2. 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.
  3. Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
  4. A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
  5. Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
verb
  1. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
  2. To make a slam bid.
noun
  1. A shambling fellow.
noun
  1. Initialism of simultaneous localization and mapping.
  2. Acronym of supersonic low altitude missile.
  3. Acronym of stand-off land attack missile.

Pronunciation

/slæm/ En-au-slam.ogg /sleəm/ [ˈslɛə̯m] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-slam.wav

Word forms

slam slams slamming 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”).

Synonyms

admonish animadvert bash bawl out slash lash blame scorch blast berate berisp castigate censure charge chastise chew out chide condemn criticize denounce denunciate deprecate derogate dispraise drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for inveigh lace into lambaste lay into 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 skewer slam slate tear into tell off

Antonyms

back support

Derived words

slam back slambook slam door slam-door slam down slammed slam on the brakes slam out slam the door slam the door on bodyslam chokeslam data slam doorslam hoverslam kerslam powerslam rock slam slamball slambang slam-bang slam-clicker slam-dance slamdancer slamfire slam gun slammaster slam piece slam pig slam poem slam poet slam poetry wall slam golden slam grand slam little slam small slam
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