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Slam   /slæm/   Listen
Slam

noun
1.
Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.  Synonym: 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.  Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot.  "She threw shafts of sarcasm" , "She takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
verb
(past & past part. slammed; pres. part. slamming)
1.
Close violently.  Synonym: bang.
2.
Strike violently.  Synonym: bang.
3.
Dance the slam dance.  Synonyms: mosh, slam dance, thrash.
4.
Throw violently.  Synonym: flap down.



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"Slam" Quotes from Famous Books



... and with hinges. When the people stood up for prayer the seats were turned up for greater convenience of standing, and when the prayer ended they came down all over the church with a slam, ...
— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar
... no blame attaches to you for your actions. I only wish that he had lived long enough to tell me the name of my assistant who has sold me to Saranoff. However, we'll get that information in other ways. Carnes, telephone Lawson at Atlanta to slam O'Grady into a cell pending investigation while I get Camp Meade on the wire and order up a couple of tanks. We are going to attack ...
— Astounding Stories, February, 1931 • Various
... as Rafael, humiliated and covered with dirt, was leaving the garden, she shut the gate behind him with such a violent slam that the ...
— The Torrent - Entre Naranjos • Vicente Blasco Ibanez
... There is nags high-bred an' tony, with a smooth an' shiny skin, That will capture all the races that you want to run 'em in. But fer one that never tires; one that's faithful, tried and true; One that allus is a "stayer" when you want to slam him through, There is but one breed o' critters that I ever came across That will allus stand the racket: ...
— Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp • Various
... me guessin' again. If I hadn't been dead certain that I saw Hallock go on ahead with Flemister—but I did see him; saw 'em both go through the little door, one after the other, and heard it slam before the other dub turned up. No," reading the question in the superintendent's eye, "not a drop, Mr. Lidgerwood; I ain't touched not, tasted not, n'r handled not—'r leastwise, not to drink any," and here he ...
— The Taming of Red Butte Western • Francis Lynde


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