From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Slam \Slam\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.
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2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.
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The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
--Dickens.
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3. (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} or
{small slam}).
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4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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[aum]mma.]
1. To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he
slammed the door.
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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.
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3. To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat
or cuff. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
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5. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks
of a deal or a hand. --Hoyle.
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{To slam to}, to shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to
the door." --W. D. Howells.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slam
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}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
SLAM
Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:
slam
mud
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