slam

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
2. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
3. (countable) A slam dunk.
4. (countable) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
5. (US, colloquial, countable) An insult.
6. (UK, dialectal, uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
7. (countable, uncountable) A poetry slam.
8. (countable, uncountable) A slambook.
9. (uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.

Noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
4. (countable) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
5. (countable) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.

Noun

A shambling fellow.

Opposite of

back, support

Synonyms

bang

hit

strike

clap

👏

thump

fling

whack

dash

💨

punch

👊

slap

slam dance

whomp

stroke

bump

thrash

hurl

smash

crash

gibe

barb

nob

dig

mosh

flap down

thrust

knock

jibe

sweep

throw

slog

insult

shut down

shaft

pound

💷

shot

blow

slammer

beat

hammer

🔨

fly

✈️

chop

fight

fan

chattering

offense

duel

chatter

beating

lockup

lick

Translations

claquer

sbattere

dichtslaan

zuschlagen

bater

portazo

çarpma

zuknallen

sbatacchiare

scagliare

battere

chelem

colpo

Schlemm

battre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slæm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *slammen

Cognate with Old Norse: slamra

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: slamre

Cognate with Swedish: slamra

Cognate with Norwegian 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”).