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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLAM, v.t.
1. To strike with force and noise; to shut against; a violent shutting of a door.
2. To beat; to cuff.
3. To strike down; to slaughter.
4. To win all the tricks in a hand; as we say, to take all at a stroke or dash.
SLAM, n.
1. A violent driving and dashing against; a violent shutting of a door.
2. Defeat at cards, or the winning of all the tricks.
3. The refuse of alum-works; used in Yorkshire as a manure, with sea weed and lime.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: slam, sweep]
2: the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
3: a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
4: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] v
1: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam, bang]
2: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang]
3: dance the slam dance [syn: slam dance, slam, mosh, thrash]
4: throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn: slam, flap down]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1660 1. grand slam 2. little slam II. noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slamre to bang, Swedish slamra to rattle Date: 1672 1. a heavy blow or impact 2. a. a noisy violent closing b. a banging noise; especially one made by the slam of a door 3. a cutting or violent criticism 4. slammer 5. a poetry competition performed before judges III. verb (slammed; slamming) Date: circa 1691 transitive verb 1. to strike or beat hard ; knock 2. to shut forcibly and noisily ; bang 3. a. to set or slap down violently or noisily <slammed down the phone> b. to propel, thrust, or produce by or as if by striking hard <slam on the brakes> <slammed the car into a wall> 4. to criticize harshly intransitive verb 1. to make a banging noise 2. to function (as in moving) with emphatic and usually noisy vigor <the hurricane slammed into the coast> <slammed out of the room> 3. to utter verbal abuse or harsh criticism

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. (slammed, slamming) 1 tr. & intr. shut forcefully and loudly. 2 tr. put down (an object) with a similar sound. 3 intr. move violently (he slammed out of the room). 4 tr. & intr. put or come into sudden action (slam the brakes on). 5 tr. sl. criticize severely. 6 tr. sl. hit. 7 tr. sl. gain an easy victory over. --n. 1 a sound of or as of a slammed door. 2 the shutting of a door etc. with a loud bang. 3 (usu. prec. by the) US sl. prison. Etymology: prob. f. Scand.: cf. ON slam(b)ra 2. n. Cards the winning of every trick in a game. Phrases and idioms: grand slam 1 Bridge the winning of 13 tricks. 2 the winning of all of a group of championships or matches in a sport. small (or little) slam Bridge the winning of 12 tricks. Etymology: orig. name of a card-game: perh. f. obs. slampant trickery

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slam 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slam 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. --Dickens. 3. (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal. 4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slam Slam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slamming.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. slamra, slambra, sl?ma, Norw. slemba, slemma, dial. Sw. sl["a]mma.] 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. --Hoyle. To slam to, to shut or close with a slam. ``He slammed to the door.'' --W. D. Howells.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slam Slam, n. (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).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(slams, slamming, slammed) 1. If you slam a door or window or if it slams, it shuts noisily and with great force. She slammed the door and locked it behind her... I was relieved to hear the front door slam... He slammed the gate shut behind him. VERB: V n, V, V n adj 2. If you slam something down, you put it there quickly and with great force. She listened in a mixture of shock and anger before slamming the phone down. VERB: V n with adv 3. To slam someone or something means to criticize them very severely. (JOURNALISM) The famed film-maker slammed the claims as 'an outrageous lie'... VERB: V n 4. If one thing slams into or against another, it crashes into it with great force. The plane slammed into the building after losing an engine shortly after take-off... He slammed me against the ground. VERB: V into/against n, V n into/against n 5. see also Grand Slam

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Bang, shut with noise.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A trick; also a game at whist lost without scoring one. To slam to a door; to shut it with violence.

Moby Thesaurus

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