slam

Senso (English)

Verb

1. To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
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.)
3. To strike forcefully with some implement.
4. To strike against suddenly and heavily.
5. (slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
6. (slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
7. (colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
8. To compete in a poetry slam.
9. To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
10. To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
11. To drink off, to drink quickly.
12. (slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
13. (slang) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
14. (informal) To occupy and busy with a high workload.

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. One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
5. (colloquial) An insult.
6. The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
7. A poetry slam.
8. A slambook.
9. A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.

Noun

1. (obsolete) 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.

Noun

A shambling fellow.

Synonyms

bang

hit

strike

clap

👏

thump

dash

💨

whack

punch

👊

slap

fling

slam dance

bump

crash

smash

whomp

thrash

hurl

stroke

blow

slammer

dig

slog

mosh

nob

barb

pound

💷

insult

sweep

throw

thrust

gibe

jibe

beat

knock

shaft

flap down

shot

shut down

ram

🐏

retreat

scour

scramble

scuffle

scurrility

applaud

slight

slug

slump

slur

smack

smacker

smite

spank

spat

swat

thresh

throb

thud

thwack

tit

slap on

wallop

whang

whip

whop

fling down

slap down

smash down

criticize severely

crack

shy

bat

🦇

batter

beating

break

catch

chatter

chattering

chop

clip

clout

coin

🪙

collide

cream

cut

duel

fan

fight

fly

✈️

hammer

🔨

hoosegow

infringement

jab

jail

jerk

jug

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock down

knock out

lick

lockup

offense

palpitate

plunk

pop

precipitate

prod

quod

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/slæm/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: *slammen

Cognate with norse antico: slamra

Cognate with norvegese bokmål: slamre

Cognate with svedese: slamra

Cognate with norvegese nynorsk: slamra

In summary

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”).