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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
slammer
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Life in the slammer wasn't too bad for Bob Mitchum.
▪ Maxwell could spend some time in the slammer for failing to keep up with court-ordered guidelines after a marijuana conviction.
▪ So heinous, in fact, that it carries a penalty of three months in the slammer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
slammer

"jail, prison," 1952, perhaps from earlier U.S. slang sense of "door" (by 1943), agent noun from slam (v.). As "one who slams," from 1892.

Wiktionary
slammer

n. 1 One who, or that which, slams. 2 (context slang usually "the slammer" English) jail, prison. 3 A tequila cocktail. 4 One who takes part in slam-dance. 5 In the game of (w: Pogs), the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.

WordNet
slammer
  1. n. a person who closes things violently; "she's a dramatic slammer of doors"

  2. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink]

Wikipedia
Slammer

Slammer can refer to:

  • a slang term for prison or jail
  • SQL Slammer, a computer worm
  • an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, nicknamed Slammer
  • Sholef / Slammer, an Israeli self-propelled 155 mm howitzer based on a Merkava tank chassis
  • the non-transforming tank who is a partner to the Transformer Metroplex
  • The Slammer, a children's talent show on BBC One
  • Slammer Guitars, a budget subsidiary of Hamer Guitars
  • Penn Jillette's house in Las Vegas, known as "the slammer"
  • Slammer (calypsonian), an early Barbadian calypsonian
  • Slammer (Ride), the second S&S Power Sky Swat in the world at Thorpe Park, Surrey, England
  • Slammer, an entity who changes a telephone carrier of a telephone line illegally ( Telephone slamming)
  • Slam door trains
  • Slammers, a mercenary unit in the science fiction Hammerverse
  • A type of POG

Usage examples of "slammer".

Out of the onetime slammer comes a promo campaign headed by Peter Russell, the edgiest sexploitation director ever.

Rusty off the hook for his crushing vig and puts Louis where he belongs back in the slammer.

Still, the Molts had proven unwilling to shoot toward their infants, and the poofs were more likely to pitch a bunker-buster into the tunnel mouth than they were to shoot at a Slammer in battle dress three times the size of any Molt who ever lived.

The reason the two Slammers had given for continuing to guard Radescu was a valid one: a single disaffected Molt could destroy all chances of peace by publicly assassinating Alexander Radescu.

And nothing on the Way would stop the Tank Section of Hammers Slammers when it got cranked up to move.

When Melody put her arms around Slammer to start him down the hall, Beanball remained in orbit about them.

Its field was so powerful that Slammer and Beanball could not approach it.

She and Llume and Slammer and Beanball went to the transfer unit in the hold.

And of Yael and Llume and Slammer the magnet and Beanball—yes, even the infant magnet had fought for her!

And of Yael and Llume and Slammer the magnet and Beanball-yes, even the infant magnet had fought for her!

The Volunteers probably intended the mainland element to halt the task force in line along the shore where the calliopes could rake the Slammers from the flank.

The jeep could follow where air cushions had taken the Slammers, but the wheeled vehicle's suspension and seat padding were in no way sufficient to make the trip a comfortable one.

The jeep could follow where air cushions had taken the Slammers, but the wheeled vehicles suspension and seat padding were in no way sufficient to make the trip a comfortable one.

Every crew-served weapon in Fort Freedom had been brought out to face the Slammers, and none of them had survived.

Believe me, I have done durance vile in slammers a lot worse than this.