Verb

slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)Category:English lemmas#SLAMCategory:English verbs#SLAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLAMCategory:Pages with entries#SLAMCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SLAM

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, ergativeCategory:English ergative verbs#SLAM) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

   Don't slam the door!Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

   • 2021 May 19, George Monbiot, “Britain’s borders: wide open to Covid, slammed shut for people in need”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Britain’s borders: wide open to Covid, slammed shut for people in need [title]

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2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, ergativeCategory:English ergative verbs#SLAM) 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!Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

   • 2020 June 3, Michael McGowan, “NSW police commissioner says officer who slammed Indigenous teen to ground ‘had a bad day’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The New South Wales police commissioner has defended the officer who was filmed slamming an Indigenous boy face-first on to a pavement in Sydney, saying the officer “had a bad day”.

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3. (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAMCategory:English intransitive verbs#SLAM) To strike forcefully with some implement.
   • 2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC‎:

     But Wolves went in front when Steven Fletcher headed in Stephen Hunt's cross and it was 2-0 when Geoffrey Mujangi Bia slammed in his first for the club.

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4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SLAM) To strike against suddenly and heavily.

   The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

   • 1978 January 5 [1977 December 30], “PRC Vessel Collides with ROC Fishing Boat off Matsu”, in Daily Report: Asia & Pacific‎, volume IV, number 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B 2:

     The 6-ton fishing boat Kuanghua 15638 was slammed by the communist vessel near the Liuchuan reefs off the coast of Chukuang and drifted toward Nanchu after the collision.

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   • 2021 February 24, Paul Stephen, “Level crossings are one of our key risk areas”, in RAIL, number 925, page 46:

     Seven people were killed and 66 injured after a High Speed Train slammed into a stationary vehicle that had been parked across the main line by a suicidal driver.

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5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, slangCategory:English slang#SLAM) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
   • 2020 April 15, Tremz, “Lightwork Freestyle”‎:

     They want me nicked, they want me slammed
     Fuckin' snitch had me on remand

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6. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, sportsCategory:en:Sports#SLAM slangCategory:English slang#SLAM) To defeat or overcome in a match.

   The Armenian football team has slammed the Turks 6–0.Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

7. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SLAM, originally USCategory:American English#SLAM) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:criticize

   Antonyms: back, support

   Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

   Union leaders slammed the new proposals.Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

   Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless.Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

   • 1988 December 11, Susana Darwin, “Keep Editing, Rita Mae”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:

     For years we have kept our mouths shut about Rita Mae, always reluctant to slam one of our own, particularly one who used to be pretty good.

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   • 2022 October 15, Martin Pengelly, “Roger Stone slammed Ivanka Trump after not getting pardoned, video shows”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Roger Stone slammed Ivanka Trump after not getting pardoned, video shows[.] Republican operative calls Trump an ‘abortionist bitch’ in video released by film-maker who provided footage to January 6 panel[.]

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   • 2023 January 8, Edwin Rios, “Biden’s ‘carrot and stick’ approach to deter migrants met with anger”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     On Twitter, United We Dream, an immigrant youth-led rights group, slammed Biden’s new policy “a racist and classist attack” on migrants.

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   • 2025 July 16, Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng, “Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a ‘hoax’ and turns on Maga ‘weaklings’”, in Rolling Stone‎:

     He continued to slam the “stupid” and “foolish” Republicans who have fallen for the Epstein “hoax” while speaking with reporters in the Oval Office later Wednesday morning, as he and other administration officials were meeting with the leader of Bahrain.

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8. To compete in a poetry slam.
9. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SLAM) To slam-dance.
10. (basketballCategory:en:Basketball#SLAM) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
11. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, telecommunicationsCategory:en:Telecommunications#SLAM) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
12. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM) To drink off, to drink quickly.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drink

    • 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134:

      17 slam some go juice Big project this afternoon? In stressful situations, glucose-rich drinks improve mood and mental performance, say Dutch researchers.

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13. (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAMCategory:English intransitive verbs#SLAM, drugs, slangCategory:English slang#SLAM) To inject intravenously; shoot up.

    Synonym: bang

    • 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend‎, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:

      I mentioned earlier how many people will draw lines in the sand that they'll never cross: some won't try Tina, others will never slam.

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14. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, sexCategory:en:Sex#SLAM, slangCategory:English slang#SLAM, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SLAM) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
    • 2015, Tremz, “Sketty Bums Get Wild”‎:

      Your bird's textin' me
      'Tremzy is the man,'
      You be tryna call her but she's busy gettin' slammed
      The way she's gettin' doggied you would think she's tryna dance

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15. (informalCategory:English informal terms#SLAM, USCategory:American English#SLAM) To occupy and busy with a high workload.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:slam. And Citations:slammed.
16. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SLAM) Of a chaffinch: to produce a certain forceful trilling sound.
    • 1860, Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature (page 316)

      Slamming was formerly disregarded, not being considered a good property, as birds singing their natural note (those caught after moulting in the fields) were distinctly designated rough slamming birds.

Noun

slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)Category:English lemmas#SLAMCategory:English nouns#SLAMCategory:English uncountable nouns#SLAMCategory:English countable nouns#SLAMCategory:English countable nouns#SLAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLAMCategory:Pages with entries#SLAMCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SLAM

1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM) A sudden impact or blow.
   • 1981, Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”, in A Light in the Attic, Harper & Row:

     How many slams in an old screen door? / Depends how loud you shut it.

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2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 35, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.

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3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM, basketballCategory:en:Basketball#SLAM) A slam dunk.
4. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM, tennisCategory:en:Tennis#SLAM) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
5. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SLAM, USCategory:American English#SLAM) An insult.

   I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.Category:English terms with usage examples#SLAM

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     “Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.

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6. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SLAM, UKCategory:British English#SLAM, dialectCategory:English dialectal terms#SLAM) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
7. A poetry slam.
8. 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.

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   • 2019, Manjit Bal, Lovingly Yours - Penpals:

     Pen pals also make and pass around friendship books, slams and crams. In recent years, pen pal correspondence with prison inmates has gained acceptance on the Internet.

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9. (musicCategory:en:Musical genres#SLAM, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SLAM) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.

Noun

slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)Category:English lemmas#SLAMCategory:English nouns#SLAMCategory:English uncountable nouns#SLAMCategory:English countable nouns#SLAMCategory:English countable nouns#SLAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLAMCategory:Pages with entries#SLAMCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SLAM

1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SLAM, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#SLAM) 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.

   Synonym: spit

3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM, card gamesCategory:en:Card games#SLAM) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
4. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM, bridgeCategory:en:Bridge#SLAM) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
5. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SLAM, sportsCategory:en:Sports#SLAM) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
   • 1955 August, “Carolina Grand Prix Benefits Crippled Children”, in American Motorcyclist, volume 9, number 8, page 21:

     In the 125 Grand Prix, I. D. Fuller (4) made it a grand slam by setting the fastest time trial, winning his heat and getting the checkered flag in the final.

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   • 2012, Mark Stibbe, I am Your Father: What every heart needs to know, →ISBN, page 178:

     I have never been a fan of tennis, I'll be honest, but even I can appreciate a great tennis player when I see one, and one of the finest of all was the American champion, Andre Agassi. Agassi was at one time number one in the world. He won eight grand slam titles (including a Wimbledon title) and a gold medal in the Olympic Games.

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   • 2014, Anthony Pritchard, Grand Prix Ferrari: The Years of Enzo Ferrari’s Power, 1948-1980, →ISBN:

     Musso then passed Collins and, only briefly, it looked as though there might be a Ferrari grand slam.

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Verb

slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)Category:English lemmas#SLAMCategory:English verbs#SLAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLAMCategory:Pages with entries#SLAMCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SLAM

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLAM, card gamesCategory:en:Card games#SLAM) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
   • 1742, Edmond Hoyle, A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist:

     D having seven Spades in his Hand wins them, and consequently slams A and B

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2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SLAM, bridgeCategory:en:Bridge#SLAM) To make a slam bid.

Noun

slam (plural slams)Category:English lemmas#SLAMCategory:English nouns#SLAMCategory:English countable nouns#SLAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLAMCategory:Pages with entries#SLAMCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SLAM

1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#SLAM) A shambling fellow.

Noun

slam nCategory:Swedish lemmas#SLAMCategory:Swedish nouns#SLAMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SLAMCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#SLAMCategory:Pages with entries#SLAMCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SLAM

1. silt, sludge, slurry

Noun

slam cCategory:Swedish lemmas#SLAMCategory:Swedish nouns#SLAMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SLAMCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#SLAMCategory:Pages with entries#SLAMCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SLAM

1. (card gamesCategory:sv:Card games#SLAM) slam (winning all the tricks in a game, such as bridge)

Declension