slam
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
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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”).
Inflected forms:
form: slams
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slamming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slammed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slammed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: slams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
pos: verb
tags: ergative
transitive
examples: Don't slam the door!
Britain’s borders: wide open to Covid, slammed shut for people in need [title]
gloss: To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
pos: verb
tags: ergative
transitive
examples: Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!
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”.
gloss: To strike forcefully with some implement.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To strike against suddenly and heavily.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.
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.
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.
gloss: To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: They want me nicked, they want me slammed
Fuckin' snitch had me on remand
gloss: To defeat or overcome in a match.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: The Armenian football team has slammed the Turks 6–0.
gloss: To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
transitive
examples: Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!
Union leaders slammed the new proposals.
Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless.
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.
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[.]
On Twitter, United We Dream, an immigrant youth-led rights group, slammed Biden’s new policy “a racist and classist attack” on migrants.
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.
gloss: To compete in a poetry slam.
pos: verb
gloss: To slam-dance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
pos: verb
gloss: To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To drink off, to drink quickly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 17 slam some go juice Big project this afternoon? In stressful situations, glucose-rich drinks improve mood and mental performance, say Dutch researchers.
gloss: To inject intravenously; shoot up.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
slang
examples: 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.
gloss: To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
vulgar
examples: 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
gloss: To occupy and busy with a high workload.
pos: verb
tags: US
informal
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:slam. And Citations:slammed.
gloss: Of a chaffinch: to produce a certain forceful trilling sound.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: A sudden impact or blow.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: How many slams in an old screen door? / Depends how loud you shut it.
gloss: The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
gloss: A slam dunk.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An insult.
pos: noun
tags: US
colloquial
countable
examples: I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.
“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.
gloss: The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
pos: noun
tags: UK
dialectal
uncountable
gloss: A poetry slam.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A slambook.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos.
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.
gloss: A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
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
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