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slam
  1. (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
  2. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
  3. (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
  4. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
  5. (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
  6. A poetry slam.
  7. (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. impact, collision, bump, crash, smash, jolt, strike, impingement, shock, jar, wallop, jounce, concussion, kick, clash, hit, smashup, ram, blow, prang, contact, force, smack, wreck, shunt, jolting, encounter, pounding, percussion, wipeout, bashing, thud, thump, huge impact, stroke, bounce, jarring, shaking, knock, crack, buffeting, clout, blast, crack-up, rap, butt, almighty smash, serious collision, great crash, powerful impact … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “There was a slam against the side of the house and what sounded like a blast of fire.”
      “The shock of having lost a team member was like a heavy slam to the gut.”
      “And then they heard a loud slam, like a massive hammer striking the chamber's outer wall.”
slam
  1. (obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
  2. (card game) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
  3. (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
  4. (sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. impact, collision, bump, crash, smash, jolt, strike, impingement, shock, jar, wallop, jounce, concussion, kick, clash, hit, smashup, ram, blow, prang, contact, force, smack, wreck, shunt, jolting, encounter, pounding, percussion, wipeout, bashing, thud, thump, huge impact, stroke, bounce, jarring, shaking, knock, crack, buffeting, clout, blast, crack-up, rap, butt, almighty smash, serious collision, great crash, powerful impact … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “There was a slam against the side of the house and what sounded like a blast of fire.”
      “The shock of having lost a team member was like a heavy slam to the gut.”
      “And then they heard a loud slam, like a massive hammer striking the chamber's outer wall.”
slammer
  1. One who, or that which, slams.
  2. (slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
  3. One who takes part in slam-dance.
  4. In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. prison, gaol, jail, jailhouse, penitentiary, coop, can, clink, cooler, hold, joint, lockup, stockade, brig, pen, bastille, bridewell, calaboose, guardroom, hock, hoosegow, jug, nick, pokey, slam, quod, stir, tolbooth, big house, reformatory, dungeon, penal institution, pound, house of correction, inside, guardhouse, cell, lock-up, correctional facility, correctional institution, detention camp, up the river, borstal, glasshouse, boob, bird, roundhouse, chokey, house of detention, penal colony … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “So, the bootleggers did quite well, unless, of course, they got caught and found themselves spending time in the slammer.”
      “Isn't it time some of the big-time dippers spent some time in the slammer as well?”
      “But on balance I think I'd stop short of sticking them in the slammer for 5 years.”
slamming
  1. The act of something being slammed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flak, criticism, castigation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, abuse, denigration, disparagement, vilification, stick, excoriation, knocking, obloquy, disapproval, revilement, opprobrium, panning, calumny, slagging, verbal, swipe, knock, calumniation, pan, rap, lambasting, brickbats, hostility, brickbat, disapprobation, execration, complaints, opposition, complaint, fault-finding, tongue-lashing, slagging off, bad press, a bad press, reproval, slating, vituperation, upbraiding, reproach, reprimand, rebuke, broadside, admonishment, stricture … more
slammings
  1. plural of slamming
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flak, criticism, castigation, censures, condemnation, denunciations, abuse, denigrations, disparagement, vilification, stick, excoriations, knockings, obloquy, disapprovals, revilements, opprobrium, pannings, calumnies, slaggings, verbals, swipe, knocks, calumniations, pans, rap, lambastings, hostility, brickbats, disapprobation, execration, oppositions, complaint, tongue-lashings, slatings, reprovals, vituperation, upbraidings, reproaches, vitriol, reproofs, broadsides, blasts, admonishments, strictures, beratings, reprimands, rebukes, chastisement, bashings … more
slammers
  1. plural of slammer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prison, gaols, jail, jailhouses, penitentiaries, coops, cans, clinks, cooler, holds, joints, lockups, stockades, brigs, pens, bastilles, bridewells, calabooses, guardrooms, hock, hoosegows, jugs, nicks, pokeys, slam, quods, stir, tolbooths, big houses, reformatories, houses of correction, dungeons, pounds, insides, guardhouses, correctional institutions, correctional facilities, lock-ups, cells, labor camps, penal colonies, glasshouses, solitary, boobs, roundhouses, detention centres, borstals, black holes, keeps, boot camps … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We ordered the Meze all round several bottles of Retsina and some Ouzo slammers.”
      “I'm quite a dab hand at a party after 10 pints of Guinness and a few slammers.”
      “The slammers and hip-hoppers doubtless would find this collection hopelessly literary.”
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