Slam

Definition: Slam

Slam

Noun

1. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.

2. 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".

Verb

1. Close violently; "He slammed the door shut".

2. Strike violently.

3. Dance the slam dance.

4. Throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slam" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Computing

Mining

Slang

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SLAM

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Slam

Impulse

Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish).

Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe.

Opposition

Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Ship

Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine.

Success

Trump card; hit, stroke, score; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; direct hit, bull's eye; goal, point, touchdown; home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam; killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike; coup de maitre, checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit; (acquisition).

Crosswords: Slam

Czech (slam), Italian (slam), Scottish (a lock of hair or wool), Swedish (dirt, mud, ooze, silt, slam, slime, sludge).

Let's try something new, because I know that most couples when they first get together are inclined to slam on the brakes because they're concerned about Bob Rumson's drool. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

You come in here, you slam the door, you say ba-bing, you sit on the corner of that desk -- I know what I'm talking about, Maddie Hayes. (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney)

You can't gear a country's economy for war for 20 years, then suddenly slam on the brakes and expect the whole transition to go like grease through a goose. (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)

If either of you says war just once again I'll go in the house and slam the door! (Gone with the Wind; writing credit: Margaret Mitchell; Sidney Howard)

Hmph! I take that as a personal slam on doors! (House of Mouse; writing credit: Tracy Berna; Kevin Campbell)

The front door might slam (When Smokey Sings; performing artist: ABC)

She's careful not to slam the door (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall)

I heard the screen door slam ("Big Yellow Taxi"; performing artist: Joni Mitchell)

Now we're never gonna see him slam (Stole; performing artist: Kelly Rowland)

You hear a door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run (Thriller; performing artist: Michael Jackson)

Don't ever slam a door. You may want to go back. (references; author: unknown)

If you can read this, I can slam on my brakes and sue you! (references; author: unknown)

Wham Bam Slam (1955)

Grand Slam Opera (1936)

Ultimate Strap-On Super Slam 5 (2000)

Loco Slam (1994)

Grand Slam (1990)

Slam (performing artist: Onyx)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bridge Quiz: Slam Play (reference)

• From Set Shot to Slam Dunk: The Glory Days of Basketball in the Words of Those Who Played It (reference)

• Indigo Slam (reference)

• Slam (reference)

• Slam (Alloy Books) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Slam (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Slam from the Street, Vol. 4 - West Coast - Venice Beach, Hoops by the Beach (reference)

• Grand Slam (reference)

• Princess Nine - Grand Slam (Vol. 6) (reference)

• Grand Slam Summer (reference)

• Slam from the Street - The Original Vol. 1 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Slam (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sega Soccer Slam (reference)

• TARGUS RAKGEAR SLAM BACKPACK (reference)

• Slam Dunk Typing (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The hiding men could not see any movement, but they heard a car door slam and they heard voices.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In adductor spasmodic dysphonia, sudden involuntary muscle movements or spasms cause the vocal folds (or vocal cords) to slam together and stiffen. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "slam": a little slam ♦ grand slam ♦ little slam ♦ slam dance ♦ slam dancing ♦ slam down ♦ slam into smth. ♦ slam on ♦ slam on the brakes ♦ slam one's fist on the table ♦ slam out of ♦ slam shut ♦ slam smb. ♦ slam the door ♦ slam the door in one's face ♦ slam to ♦ small slam ♦ To slam to. Additional references.

Beginning with "slam": Slam-bang, slam-bangers, slam-dances, slam-door, slam-dunk, slam-shell, slam-type, Slam-winning.

Ending with "slam": mid-slam.

Albanian

përplasje (bang, bump, clap, clash, collision, crash, encounter, flap, fling, impact), përplas (bash, clash, crash, flap, fling, grind, knock), mbyll me forcë, kritikoj (animadvert, attack, censure, crab, criticise, criticize, hit, pan), kritikë (attack, castigation, censure, criticism, critique, hit, roast, stricture), godit (bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, deal, defeat, hit, impinge, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, smite, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوز ساحق (sweep), ‏غلق بعنف, ‏سحق (bash, batter, beat, beating, bow, break, crack, crumple, crunch, crush, flatten, grind, jam, levigate, mow, overwhelm, pound, pounding, powder, pulverization, pulverize, put down, quash, reduce, run over smth., scotch, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, steam roller, suppress, sweep, trample, tread, triturate, trituration), ‏ضربة عنيفة (bang, bash, knock, knockdown, smack, smash, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack), ‏ضرب بعنف (bang, bash, baste, lambaste, maul, smite, swat, swipe, thump, whack, whale), ‏خفض (ax, axe, bear, bring down, cut, debase, deplete, depreciation, depress, dropping, lessen, lower, lowering, mark down, minimize, pull down, put down, rebate, recline, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slake, slash, step down, stitch down, subdue, turn down, whittle down), ‏إنتقد بقسوة (castigate, decry, flay, flog, lapidate, pull to pieces, rap, scarify, scourge, slash, squib), ‏إغلاق عنيف. (various references)

Bulgarian 

удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam on, smash, smite, strike, strike in, thunder, wallop, zap), хлопвам (bang, clap, knock, snap to), цапардосвам (plump, poke, slosh, sock), тръшвам (cast, clash, fling down, throw down), трясък (bang, chunking, clash, crash, din, hurtle, peal, rattle, smash, thunder), шлем (basinet, casque, crash helmet, crest, headpiece, helm, helmet, morion), критикувам жестоко (maul), затръшване, затръшвам (slam to), жестока критика (roast), блъскам (beat, bump up against, dash, hammer, hustle, jostle, knock, moil, pound, press, push, ram, shove, smite, squash, strike, thump), блъсване, блъсвам, правя на пух и прах (maul, tomahawk). (various references)

Chinese 

猛�'� , �"�声. (various references)

Czech

slam, zabouchnout, bouchnutí (bang, crash, pop, smash, thud, thump). (various references)

Danish

store slem (grand slam), lille slem (little slam, small slam). (various references)

Dutch

dichtslaan (bang, slam shut). (various references)

Esperanto

klakfermi (bang). (various references)

Farsi 

ضربت سنگین (Maul), صدای بستن دروامثال ان باصدای بلند, درراباشدت بهم زدن , بهم کوفتن . (various references)

Finnish

paukuttaa (bang), paiskata kiinni (shut with a bang). (various references)

French

victoire écrasante, poser bruyamment, fermer violemment, fermer en claquant, claquer, claquement (slapping), chelem, éreinter, écraser (slash). (various references)

German

zuschlagen (annex, bang, bang shut, hit out, knock down to, pounce, slam shut, strike, to slam), zuknallen (bang, bang shut, slam down, slam shut, to slam). (various references)

Greek 

κλείσιμο με πάταγο, κλείω βιαίωσ, κτυπώ δυνατά (bash, slog, slug, sock, swipe, whack), χτύπημα (beating, blow, bump, chatter, chop, clip, knock, knocking, strike, stroke, thrust, tit, whop). (various references)

Hebrew 

לטרוק (bang), טריק�" (banging). (various references)

Hungarian

csapódás, szlem, levágás (ablation, amp, concision, paring, short cut, slaughter), lerántás (pulling off), kegyetlen bírálat, becsapódás (angle of incidence, hit, impact, infall), éles bírálat. (various references)

Indonesian

menggedorkan, mengempaskan (dasb, throw), membantingkan. (various references)

Italian

sbattere (bang, beat, clap, dash, flap, fling, hurl, knock, slap, throw out, whip, whisk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

か弱い (be dejected, body trembling, calculating, chattering, Cheer up!, chipping, clash, clatter, crash, dry or rough feeling, feeble, feel disappointed, feel emotionally drained, feel let down, firmly, frail, frozen solid, heartbroken, lose heart, overly serious, peanut brittle, rattle, rummage, rustling, shrewd, solidly, solidly built, something come loose, tick-tock, tightly, tough, with a bang, with a clank), スラプスティック喜劇 (slapstick, slum). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がちゃ�" (crash), スラ� (slum). (various references)

Korean 

꽝 닫기. (various references)

Manx

carrame, bwoalley (assault, bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, belabour, buffet, chime, clap, club, flap, hammer, hit, knock, mint, percussion, play, pound, pulsate, punch, rhythm, ring, rise of penis, scramble, shock, slap, strike, thrash, thresh, throb, toll, wallop), builley (bash, beat, beat as pulse, bump, cadence, cadence of voice, cast, choosing, clap, fervour, fit, frenzy, hit, impact, knock, madness, pulsate, pulsation, punch, slap, strike, stroke, sweep, thump, toot, toot on horn, whack). (various references)

Pig Latin

amslay

Portuguese

pousar com barulho, lançar (aim, blast off, carry, cast, cob, dart, fling, give over, heave, hurl, interject, jerk, launch, lay aside, pitch, plant, project, pump, pump up, put, send, shake, shoot, sling, spit, throw, throw up, toss, vomit), fechar-se ruidosamente, fechar com força, batida (battue, beat, Bob, churn, hit, investigative, knock, rap, research, slap, strike, stroke), bater com (land on the moon, strike), atirar com barulho. (various references)

Romanian

se închide cu zgomot (bang), zgomot (ado, bruit, bustle, clamor, clamour, dash, din, fuss, hubbub, murmur, noise, peal, racket, rattling, roll, row, rumpus, shindy, shine, shouting, sound, splutter, to-do, tumult, uproar), trânti (bounce, flunk, hit, knock down, overthrow, plough, pluck, plump, throw, toss), lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, bump, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drive, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, jar, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, Pat, put, reach, seize, shock, slap, smite, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), cãdea cu zgomot (flop), azvârli (cast, catapult, chuck, discharge, drop, fling, hurl, jet, kick, launch, precipitate, project, send, shoot, sling, throw, toss, tumble), şlem, arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, chuck, cob, dart, dash, deliver, discard, drop, fling, huddle on, hurl, jet, jettison, launch, peg, pelt at, pitch, pluck, plump, plunge into, precipitate, project, put, reject, rush, send, shoot, sling, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, toss, tumble). (various references)

Russian 

раскритиковать (cut to pieces), хлопать (bash, clap), шлем (casque, helm, helmet), захлопнуть (bang, fling to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zalupiti, tresak (bang, crash), pobeda (triumph, victory, win, winning). (various references)

Spanish

golpear (bang, bat, beat, beat up on, beetle, bop, buffet, bump, clip, clobber, club, drive, flail, hit, jab, kick, knock, lash, punch, rap, rattle, slap, slice, slog, smash, smite, strike, tee off, thrash, thump, wallop, whack), golpe (bang, bat, belt, blow, buffet, concussion, coup, crack, cut, hit, hook, jab, job, kick, knock, pelt, poke, prod, shock, shot, smack, strike, stroke, wallop), cerrarse de golpe (blow shut), cerrar de golpe, bola (ball, balloon, bowl, bull, bullet, chunk, clod, Corker, egg, fib, humbug, lump, marble, pellet, polish, wood). (various references)

Swedish

smäll (bang, clap, crack, flap, flip, flop, knock, lash, ping, pop, report, slap, smash, sock, spank, swat, whack, wham, whang), slå igen (close, close down, fold up, shut down). (various references)

Thai

เสียง�"ังปัง, วิพากษ์วิจาร�"์อย่างรุนแรง (maul), ปิ�"�"ังปัง. (various references)

Turkish

sayı almadan biten el, sövmek (call names, curse, rail, revile, swear, vituperate), fırça atmak (berate, give smb. a roasting, give smb. a telling-off, give the stick, keelhaul, lam into, lambaste, rate, roast, sail into, trounce), çarparak koymak, çarpma sesi (flap, flip flap, flip-flop, snap), çarpmak (bang, bang into, barge, bash, bump, bump into, cannon, clap, clash, collide, crash, crash into, dash, foul, greet, hit, hurtle, impinge, kayo, knock, knock out, knock over, lash, mulct, multiply, plant, plonk, plonk down, plunk, pound, pulsate, pulse, ram, reach, run, run against, slap, smash, smite upon, spring, strike, strike against, throb), çat (bang, snap), acımasızca eleştirmek (cut up, pull to pieces, scarify), çarparak kapatmak, bam, yerden yere vurmak (badmouth, chastise, cut up), fark atmak (run away), güm (bang, boom, flump, pop, thud, whang), veryansın etmek, yenmek (annihilate, bear down, bear the bell, beat, beat all hollow, best, break, carry away the bell, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, confound, conquer, cut out, defeat, discomfit, down, floor, get the better of, give a beating, knock out, land, lick, master, outbox, outclass, outdo, outgo, overpower, pip, prevail, skunk, smash, subjugate, surmount, swamp, thrash, trim, triumph, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wear down, whelm, whip, whop, win over, wipe the floor with smb., worst), şelem. (various references)

Ukrainian

сильний удар (bang, bash, lick, oner, pelt, plunk, slog, spanker, staggerer, swat, swinger, swipe, wallop), хлопати (pop, spank), гучне хлопання, грюкати (bang, batter, clap, rumble, slap), грюкання (rumble), нокаутуючий удар, ляскати (clabber, clap, crack, shingle, spat), падати зі стуком. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng cửa đóng sầm sự ăn hầu hết, lời đả kích đao to búa lớn. (various references)

Welsh

clepian (bang, blab, clap). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "slam": slammed, slammer, slammers, slamming, slams. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Slam" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asulam, Eslami, ilam, islaam, lsa, pslam, salam, Sallam, saln, Salum, samf, Saml, Samm, sbam, skam, sla, slac, slaf, slak, slame, slamm, slamo, slamp, slan, S'land, slaq, slax, slaz, slej, slen, slic, spamm, splam, stam, suam, sulan, syllan, Zalm. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alms, lams.

-1 letter: als, lam, las, mas, sal.

-2 letters: al, am, as, la, ma.

+1 letter: almas, almes, alums, amyls, balms, blams, calms, clams, flams, halms, lamas, lambs, lames, lamps, limas, loams, mails, males, malls, malms, malts, marls, mauls, meals, molas, palms, plasm, psalm, salmi, slams, small, smalt.

+2 letters: alamos, alarms, albums, algums, almahs, almehs, almost, almuds, almugs, ambles, amoles, ampuls, asylum, balsam, blames, camels, claims, clamps, damsel, dismal, dolmas, emails, flames, fleams, gleams, gloams, halmas, hamals, haulms, kalams, lameds, lamest, lamias, lampas, larums, lemans, lemmas, limans, limbas, limpas, llamas, macles, mailes, maills, malars, maples, measle, measly, medals, mensal, mescal, mesial, metals, miauls, milpas, miskal, mislay, missal, molars, moolas, morals, mullas, murals, plasma, plasms, psalms, qualms, realms, salaam, salami, salmis, salmon, samiel, samlet, sample, shalom, slalom, smalls, smalti, smalto, smalts, smilax, stomal, tamals, ulamas, ulemas.

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