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Slam   /slæm/   Listen
Slam

noun
1.
Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.  Synonym: 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.  Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot.  "She threw shafts of sarcasm" , "She takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
verb
(past & past part. slammed; pres. part. slamming)
1.
Close violently.  Synonym: bang.
2.
Strike violently.  Synonym: bang.
3.
Dance the slam dance.  Synonyms: mosh, slam dance, thrash.
4.
Throw violently.  Synonym: flap down.



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"Slam" Quotes from Famous Books



... post and pair, or slam, Tom Tuck would play This Christmas, but his want wherewith ...
— The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 • Robert Herrick
... slam, and in a moment the girl he loved stood in the hall, the joy of an evening's perfect happiness shining in her great dark eyes. He watched her a moment, unobserved, as she laid aside her opera cloak and ...
— The Root of Evil • Thomas Dixon
... the doze of an inside passenger, is the great chance of being suddenly aroused by the entrance of company. O tell me, ye of the fine nerve, what is more vexing than to be startled from your nest by the creaking slam of the steps, the bleak winter gales galloping along your face, and a whole bundle of human beings pushing themselves into your retreat! There is no rose without its thorn, as ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 266, July 28, 1827 • Various
... and a face peered in anxiously. It would look as if the owner of the face was fully prepared to slam the door and take to her heels at a second's notice. The man in the chair by the stove smiled ...
— The Alchemist's Secret • Isabel Cecilia Williams
... looking more sorcerer or Zamiel-like than ever, and exclaiming, "The Pope be—!" left the room. The last word was lost in the slam of the door. It was a melodramatic departure, and as such has ever ...
— Memoirs • Charles Godfrey Leland


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