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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
slam
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a door slams/bangs (shut) (=shuts loudly)
▪ I heard the front door slam.
grand slam
▪ Wales won the Grand Slam.
pull/kick/slam sth shut
▪ He pulled the trapdoor shut over his head.
slam dunk
▪ The biggest legal slam dunk came when a judge sentenced four men to 505 years in prison.
slam on/jam on/hit the brakes (=use them suddenly and with a lot of force)
▪ The car in front stopped suddenly and I had to slam on the brakes.
slam the phone down (=put it down hard, because you are angry)
▪ I was so mad I just slammed the phone down.
slam/bang the door (=shut it loudly, usually because you are angry)
▪ He strode from the room, slamming the door behind him.
sth slams/bangs shut
▪ The front door slammed shut.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
▪ It flung open and slammed back against the wall.
▪ Sharpe slammed back his heels and took off down the road as if the demons of hell were at his heels.
▪ She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals.
▪ As the freighter slammed back down, the solid rock above began to loosen, huge boulders crashing into the decks.
down
▪ I slammed down my cup and stood up.
▪ Seconds passed slowly, then I saw the other half come slamming down.
▪ Again a door slammed down below.
▪ It slammed down with a violent impact upon a desk in the first row.
▪ All that dealers needed was the ability to persist after the phone had been slammed down on them.
▪ Quinn crossed the lobby fifteen seconds after slamming down the phone.
▪ With a sudden lurch, the phone slams down and a great hand goes out in greeting.
▪ Cornelius slammed down the receiver and stalked back to the car.
home
▪ He jabs his finger to slam home his message and he is happy to press flesh and kiss babies.
▪ The sound of the four doors clunking is like rifle-bolts slamming home.
▪ There was no spasmodic jerking, nothing but the angry resurgence of the phosphorus embers as the bullets slammed home.
▪ The result Kelly too a tumble and Gavin Peacock slammed home the kick.
■ NOUN
brake
▪ Death Horror-struck, all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray.
▪ My friend grabbed my arm and yelled and I slammed on the brakes.
▪ If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes.
▪ All she could do was to slam on the brakes and shut her eyes.
car
▪ Then he leapt into the police car, slammed it into gear and drove off.
▪ He got out of the car and slammed the door.
▪ Then there was a commotion somewhere outside and a car door slammed, followed by a motor being raced into life.
▪ The other one began loosing shots into the car, sending bullets slamming into the backs of the seats.
▪ The car door slammed, and he was gone.
▪ He nodded a goodbye, forced a smile, then eased himself into his car and slammed the door.
▪ Suddenly the car slams to a halt.
▪ As the car door slammed, she stood up, eyes anxious about the living room.
door
▪ Millet grinned and stepped out on to the landing and behind him the door slammed cheerfully.
▪ A door slammed between her and the person she loved most.
▪ From her vantage point inside the doorway, Lily saw Mrs Arbuthnot open the front door and slam it after her.
▪ His wailing faded, a door slammed shut.
▪ As she heard the noise of the front door slamming she awoke with a feeling of relief.
▪ The screen door slams behind me.
▪ I heard a car pull up in front of the apartment and heard the door slam shut.
▪ At 44, she found most doors slammed shut.
fist
▪ He slammed his clenched fist into the desk, and began to cry.
▪ I slammed my fist on the table.
▪ Vologsky slammed his fist down upon the table as the injustice of it all descended upon him again.
▪ As he felt Joe begin fumbling with his trousers Michael stifled an urge to slam his fist into Joe's head.
▪ Very nearly slammed her fist on the table and launched into the ancient and terminally tedious arguments of the left.
▪ Leave the hands on your collar but slam your fist or elbow into the attacker's nose.
hand
▪ He slammed his hand down on the top of the dressing table, causing some of the bottles to topple over.
▪ But during batting practice a line drive slammed off his left hand, and he had to be scratched.
▪ He slammed his hand on the desk and, in a quick tipsy glide, slid behind me.
▪ Lorton slammed his hand on it.
▪ Lori Garbacz was not quite so fortunate when an open window slammed shut on her hands breaking two of her fingers.
lid
▪ Dropping her soap-bag on top of the folded clothes, she slammed the case lid down and ferociously snapped the fastenings.
▪ He threw the last items into his suitcase and slammed the lid down and locked it.
▪ He unlocked the boot, scrambled in, and slammed the lid on himself.
▪ Terror jolted through me, and I pushed the book back into the polished box, and slammed its lid shut.
▪ All catch sight of each other and slam down lids.
phone
▪ But although she slammed the phone down in fine style, she was shaken horribly.
▪ So you can understand why when you called I wanted to slam down the phone.
▪ On Thursday Major Vanavskaya suffered her first serious set-back, let out a very unladylike expletive and slammed the phone down.
▪ She answered, then slammed down the phone when she got no response.
▪ He tried to calm her, but she slammed the phone down on him.
▪ I could tell Roque was trembling with anger, and I admit to feeling bad when he slammed down the phone.
▪ Dully punching Lucy's old number, slamming the phone down on unattainable.
▪ Quinn crossed the lobby fifteen seconds after slamming down the phone.
receiver
▪ Cornelius slammed down the receiver and stalked back to the car.
▪ He slammed the receiver down so hard that the plastic cracked.
▪ Even though he sounded apologetic, Celestine slammed down the receiver.
wall
▪ Another time Joe heard his adopted teenage brother Ron being slammed against a wall.
▪ It was the supreme test Manville was aware of his back slamming against a wall.
▪ He was slammed into the wall with crushing force and enough power to knock the wind from him.
▪ It flung open and slammed back against the wall.
▪ He staggered, his back slamming against the wall across the aisle.
▪ His Ferrari barrel-rolled twice before slamming into a tyre wall, but Schuey walked away without a scratch.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bankers slammed Congress' plans to cap interest rates on credit cards.
▪ Conditions over the Pacific could cause huge storms to slam California this winter.
▪ He slammed the door so hard that the glass cracked.
▪ Jane marched out of the room slamming the door behind her.
▪ Outside in the street, car doors slammed and people were shouting.
▪ Police slammed drivers for ignoring safety warnings.
▪ She heard a door slam shut and the sound of footsteps on the path.
▪ Sullivan never misses a chance to slam the tobacco industry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Balfour slammed his canary-yellow, industrial vacuum truck into gear and roared after the varmint in a cloud of choking brown dust.
▪ Comparatively, Northridge came through almost untarnished, and Los Angeles emerged shaken but hardly slammed.
▪ He threw the last items into his suitcase and slammed the lid down and locked it.
▪ Paul Lambert then met Moravcik's cut-back and slammed his side's third past the goalkeeper.
▪ She hastened back into the corridor and slammed the door.
▪ Terror jolted through me, and I pushed the book back into the polished box, and slammed its lid shut.
▪ The sound of the four doors clunking is like rifle-bolts slamming home.
▪ While you can click the 42oG's doors shut with fingertip pressure, slam them and they rattle.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
door
▪ And they heard a door slam inside.
▪ And that was when Petey and Ted had to run into the house laughing and letting the screen door slam behind them.
▪ Standing there in the drizzling rain, he heard her back door slam.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And that was when Petey and Ted had to run into the house laughing and letting the screen door slam behind them.
▪ She jumped at the slam and swiveled her head toward the whispers coming from behind the white stairs.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slam

Slam \Slam\, v. i. To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.

Slam

Slam \Slam\, n.

  1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.

  2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.

    The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
    --Dickens.

  3. (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge,

    grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a

    little slam or

    small slam).

  4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]

Slam

Slam \Slam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slamming.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. slamra, slambra, sl?ma, Norw. slemba, slemma, dial. Sw. sl["a]mma.]

  1. To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

  2. To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.

  3. To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff. [Prov. Eng.]

  4. To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]

  5. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
    --Hoyle.

    To slam to, to shut or close with a slam. ``He slammed to the door.''
    --W. D. Howells.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
slam

1670s, "a severe blow," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian slamre, Swedish slemma "to slam, bang") of imitative origin. Meaning "a violent closing of a door" is from 1817. Meaning "an insult, put-down" is from 1884. Slam-bang recorded by 1806 (also slap-bang, 1785). Slam-dunk is from 1976; early use often in reference to Julius Erving. Slam-dance is attested by 1987 (slam by itself in this sense is recorded from 1983).

slam

"a winning of all tricks in a card game," 1660s, earlier the name of a card game (also called ruff), 1620s, used especially in whist, of obscure origin. Grand slam in bridge first recorded 1892; earlier in related card games from 1814; figurative sense of "complete success" is attested from 1920; in baseball sense from 1935.

slam

1690s, "to beat, slap;" 1775 as "to shut with force," from slam (n.1). Meaning "throw or push with force" is from 1870. Meaning "say uncomplimentary things about" is from 1916. Related: Slammed; slamming.

Wiktionary
slam

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context countable English) A sudden impact or blow. 2 (context countable English) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object. 3 (context countable basketball English) A slam dunk. 4 (context countable colloquial US English) An insult. vb. 1 (context transitive ergative English) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise. 2 (context transitive ergative English) 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 (context transitive English) To strike forcefully with some implement. Etymology 2

n. 1 (context obsolete English) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours. 2 (context cards English) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game. 3 (context countable bridge English) A bid of six (''small slam'') or seven (''grand slam'') in a suit or no trump. vb. (context transitive card games English) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

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WordNet
slam

  1. n. winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: sweep]

  2. the noise made by the forcefaul 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; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, dig, barb, jibe, gibe]

  5. [also: slamming, slammed]

slam

  1. v. close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: bang]

  2. strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: bang]

  3. dance the slam dance [syn: slam dance, mosh, thrash]

  4. throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn: flap down]

  5. [also: slamming, slammed]

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Wikipedia
Slam

Slam, SLAM or SLAMS may refer to:

Slam (magazine)

SLAM Magazine is an American basketball magazine in circulation since 1994, published by Source Interlink.

Slam (band)

Slam is a producer/ DJ duo from Glasgow, consisting of Stuart McMillan (born 1966, Glasgow) and Orde Meikle (born 1964, Oxford). They are co-founders of Soma Quality Recordings. Their music style consists of house and techno.

Slam (film)

Slam is a 1998 independent film starring Saul Williams and Sonja Sohn. It tells the story of a young African-American man whose talent for poetry is hampered by his social background. It won the Grand Jury Prize for a Dramatic Film at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

Slam (novel)

Slam is a novel written by British author Nick Hornby, published in 2007. The book's main theme is teenage pregnancy and it is written from the perspective of a teenager, Sam.

Slam (Joe Lynn Turner album)

Slam is the 7th solo album of Joe Lynn Turner released in 2001. In 2006, the album was reissued with a bonus track 'Challenge Them All' who replaced the track 'Cover Up'.

Slam (Big Dipper album)

Slam is the third and final full-length album from Boston band Big Dipper. The album was released in May of 1990 on Epic Records. It would be the only LP released by the band on Epic as they would be dropped from the label a year later.

Slam (soundtrack)

Slam: The Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1998 film, Slam. It was released on October 13, 1998 through Epic Records and consisted entirely of hip hop music. The soundtrack was a minor success, making it to 84 on the Billboard 200 and 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Slam (Humanoid song)

"Slam" was the second single released by Brian Dougans under his moniker "Humanoid", in 1989, and featured on the Global album. The track itself was the only other acid house single of the era, after Stakker Humanoid, with the following singles released from the album being more vocal led. The track itself features female and male vocals, the former sung and the latter in the form of an MC, distancing itself from the previous single. The single was released over three formats – CD, 7" and 12" – although the track list remained similar on each (with only the 7" omitting two mixes). The album version appeared as the Club Mix, while the Hip House mix featured more vocals, and Bass Invaders is largely a more instrumental version of the track.

Slam (Onyx song)

"Slam" is the second single released from Onyx's debut album, Bacdafucup. Released on May 11, 1993, "Slam" was Onyx's breakthrough single, making it to number 4 on the US Billboard 100 and was the group's second straight single to make it to number 1 on the Rap charts.

The main chant of the song's chorus is a variation of the vocal and organ intro to the much-sampled instrumental "The Champ" by The Mohawks, and is also noted for its heavy use of Christmas bells that were a staple of many hip-hop and R&B songs at the time of its release.

The official remix, entitled "Slam (Bionyx remix)" was a collaboration with heavy metal band, Biohazard. It was first released on a maxi-single entitled Slam: The Alternatives and later appeared on Biohazard's Tales from the B-Side. Music videos for both the original and the Bionyx remix were released

The single was first certified gold on July 7, 1993, before being certified platinum on August 10, 1993. It sold over 900,000 copies.

The song has been used in movies such as How High and TV shows such as The Cleveland Show and Tosh.0 as well as numerous commercials, including SoBe and Gatorade. It's also been used as one of Professional Wrestling tag team Public Enemy's theme during their ECW stint

SLAM (clothing)

SLAM is a manufacturer of clothing, specializing in sportswear ( sailing wear), based in Genoa and founded in 1979.

Slam (Suburban Studs album)

Slam (1978) is the only album released by the English punk band Suburban Studs.

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Usage examples of "slam".

We would need an accelerator to slam matter together with energies some million billion times more powerful than any previously constructed in order to reveal directly that a string is not a point-particle.

A door slammed forcibly, and Alec shrank back as a young man entered the bedchamber and collapsed into a chair.

He stepped into the antecourt and his host slammed the great door behind them.

Scant seconds, it seemed, after the COD had been nudged and prodded out of the way, an EA-6B Prowler electronic-warfare aircraft slammed into the deck in a barely controlled crash, yanked to a halt by the arrestor cable.

The floor of the ashram shuddered with the slam of a steel-reinforced door.

Jieret was slammed down by a clout that skewed the bandaging over his eyes.

It was enough time for the barbie to dart quickly through the door, slamming it behind her.

He heard the front door slamming and a couple bawling obscenely at each other on the path outside.

She knew what it had to beand that, unlike a SLAM, it possessed onboard seeking capability.

Trying hard to not slam the phone down, to hang on, to wait it out, because Beane had warned this was my one and only chance to get Skyla back.

It slammed Blucher back onto her haunches with Such violence that Otto von Kleine and his officers were thrown heavily to the steel deck.

His hand slammed the throttle full forward and his engines thundered with renewed life and power, ready to take him off the deck again in a touch-and-go bolter if his tail hook failed to connect.

The rest of my body slammed into the ground a second later, the breakfall not withstanding.

WHEN Joe Cardona, the swarthy New York police inspector, saw the front-page photograph that showed a crowd watching workers bring the supposed body of Dana Brye to light, he crumpled the whole newspaper and slammed it in the wastebasket.

A metre-wide geyser of water slammed upwards out of the gap, buffeting the corpse with it.