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Slammed

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.

Wiktionary
slammed

vb. (en-past of: slam)

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]

slammed

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Usage examples of "slammed".

As soon as they had exited into the hall beyond, I raced over to the outside door and slammed it shut, swinging a heavy bolt in place.

He and Todd slammed into each other's arms, pounding each other on the back and talking at the same time.

He raced for the emergency stairs, up the two flights, and slammed out onto the roof.

He raced to the pilot's compartment, and slammed on the transmit toggle so hard he could feel it jar his hand.

She slammed against the wall and slid down it to the floor, unconscious, over the body of her patient.

The shuttle hatch slammed behind the last human as the forerunners flowed into the compound.

She slammed a fist down on the panel, and shot a furious glance around her section, then to Sass.

He felt cramped between the table and the hatch that had admitted him and then slammed behind him.

Lunzie slammed the heavy knob onto his head, then swung the length violently to knock a needier free from a guard who aimed at Sassinak.

Sassinak snatched at the Seti's neck-chain only to be slammed aside by the powerful tail.

Even I could feel that subtle compression of air above me as the planks were slammed back over the opening.

She cut the connection, slammed the lock shut, activated the tamperproof field on her hull.

Blaize sputtered into hysterical laughter that ended only when Forister slammed a fist into his belly.

As one of the silver-suited figures raised its nerve disrupter, Nancia slammed the doors shut again.

There was a hissing puncture right through the pressure hull where they had slammed a steel tube for the coaxial feeds to Guiyon's shell.