Crossword clues for slamming
slamming
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.
To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff. [Prov. Eng.]
To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
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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
(context slang English) Great; awesome. n. The act of something being slammed. v
(present participle of slam English)
WordNet
n. winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: sweep]
the noise made by the forcefaul impact of two objects
a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
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]
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Wikipedia
Slamming is the impact of the bottom structure of a ship onto the sea surface. It is mainly observed while sailing in waves, when the bow raises from the water and subsequently impacts on it. Slamming induces extremely high loads to ship structures and is taken into consideration when designing ships.
Slamming is the impact of the bottom structure of a ship onto the sea surface.
Slamming may also refer to:
- Intravenous drug use
- Telephone slamming, a telecommunications scam
- Domain slamming, an Internet domain name scam
- Poetry slamming, a kind of competition for poets
Usage examples of "slamming".
She angrily stalked about the house, slamming doors and muttering her rage.
She leapt up, her heart slamming furiously as she dressed with all possible speed.
She stood dead still for a moment, then raced toward it, clenching her bound fists together, slamming them against it.
He turned around, slamming out of the room, Jenson Jones at his heels.
She stood quickly, her heart slamming against her chest, looking for something with which to defend herself.
They fell fifty or a hundred feet before slamming into a floor that felt hard as concrete.
McCann, stocky, determined, splashed into the water and started grabbing the fish, holding their tails and slamming their heads against rocks on the bank.
But they had not responded, not even looked up, and he had been silenced by a slamming blow to his mouth.
Though Abel had fallen, Mary was moving too quickly for the archers to get an accurate sight on her, and every time she got close enough she was slamming heads, breaking arms and generally kicking ass with a joyous vigour.
He held the child by his feet and flailed him this way and that, slamming him against a tree trunk.
Compartments opened in the walls, full of mystery and strangeness, the sliding panels opening and slamming shut like snapping mouths.
His mocking gaze flicked to the cars behind us, their doors slamming shut and loud orders being given to secure the vehicle and get the rubberneckers moving.
She ran him through with her blade, slamming the steel into his stomach as his head snapped back around to look at her in horror.
Brastias stared at her for a moment longer than quickly turned away, slamming into Danelin who had just emerged from the trees.
She must have expected the move, because she flipped, and without even hitting the ground, was suddenly above him, slamming the heels of both feet into his shoulders.