slam

Meaning of slam

noun
  1. A sudden impact or blow.
  2. The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
  3. A slam dunk.
  4. An insult.
    I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.
  5. The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
  6. A poetry slam.
  7. A slambook.
  8. The refuse of alum works.
  9. A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs
verb
  1. To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
    Don't slam the door!
  2. 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!
  3. To strike forcefully with some implement.
  4. To strike against suddenly and heavily.
    The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.
  5. To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
    Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless.
  6. To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
  7. To make a slam bid.
  8. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
  9. To change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
  10. To drink off, to drink quickly.
  11. To compete in a poetry slam.
  12. To inject intravenously; shoot up.
noun
  1. 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.
  3. Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
  4. A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
  5. Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.

verb

To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

noun

A shambling fellow.

Information about slam

Hyphenation of slam

slam

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • slam is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

slam synonyms

Meaning sweep:

sweep

Meaning shot:

shot, shaft, dig, barb, jibe, gibe

Meaning bang:

bang

Meaning slam dance:

mosh, thrash

Meaning :

spit

Translation of slam

Anagrams of slam

alms, lams, mals, Salm, Saml

Words that rhyme with slam

Aslam, Haslam, hojatoleslam, Islam, hojatolislam, islam, panislam, kerslam

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