1slam1 (slæm
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: slams, slamming, slammed
- to cause (a door or window) to close noisily and with force or (of a door, etc) to close in this way
- (tr) to throw (something) down noisily and violently
- (tr) slang to criticize harshly
- (intr; usually foll by into or out of) informal to go (into or out of a room, etc) in violent haste or anger
- (tr) to strike with violent force
- (tr) informal to defeat easily
noun
- the act or noise of slamming
- slang harsh criticism or abuse
Word Origin
C17: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse slamra, Norwegian slemma, Swedish dialect slämma2slam2 (slæm)
Definitions
noun
- the winning of all (grand slam) or all but one (little slam or small slam) of the 13 tricks at bridge or whist
- the bid to do so in bridge See grand slam , little slam
- an old card game
Word Origin
C17: of uncertain origin3slam3 (slæm)
Definitions
noun
- a poetry contest in which entrants compete with each other by reciting their work and are awarded points by the audience
Word Origin
C20: origin unknownTranslations
- British English:
slam
If you slam a door or window, or if it slams, it shuts noisily and with great force.He slammed the gate shut behind him.slæm VERB He slammed the gate shut behind him.
- Spanish: dar un portazo v
- French:
claquer
vt
- German:
zuschlagen
v
- Chinese: 猛力关上 vt
- Arabic: يُغْلِقُ بِعُنْفٍ vt
- Portuguese: fechar com força vt
- Russian: захлопывать vt
- Croatian: zalupiti v
- Czech: bouchnout vt bouchat
- Danish: smække v
- Dutch: smijten vt
- Finnish: paiskata v
- Greek: βροντώ v
- Italian: sbattere v
- Japanese: バタンと閉める v
- Korean: (...을) 쾅 닫다 vt
- Norwegian: slamre igjen v
- Polish: trzasnąć vt trzaskać
- Brazilian Portuguese: fechar com força vt
- European Spanish: dar un portazo v
- Swedish: slå igen vt
- Thai: ปิดดังปัง vt
- Turkish: çarpmak vt
- Vietnamese: đóng sầm v
Usage examples
Prisoners -- dozens of them -- began to run about, to slam into each other, to shout.
, The Scar (1990)But he cautions: "We wouldn't be doing this if it was a slam dunk.
New Scientist (2004)Woods is the only man able to complete the grand slam this year.
Irish Times (2002)Skating behind the goal, Ben Bliss squared a clean pass to Les Millie to slam the puck past the stranded Martin Klempa.
Belfast Telegraph (2005)Afterwards, we all felt devastated by the loss and its implications -- losing the grand slam , the triple crown and the championship.
, JASON LEONARD AUTOBIOGRAPHY (2001)