Slam

/slæm/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
2. (transitive, ergative) 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. (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
4. (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
5. (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
6. (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
7. (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
8. To compete in a poetry slam.

Example Sentences

Don't slam the door!

Britain’s borders: wide open to Covid, slammed shut for people in need [title]

Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!

The New South Wales police commissioner has defended the officer who was filmed slamming an Indigenous boy face-first on to a pavement in Sydney, saying the officer “had a bad day”.

But Wolves went in front when Steven Fletcher headed in Stephen Hunt's cross and it was 2-0 when Geoffrey Mujangi Bia slammed in his first for the club.

The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.

The 6-ton fishing boat Kuanghua 15638 was slammed by the communist vessel near the Liuchuan reefs off the coast of Chukuang and drifted toward Nanchu after the collision.

Seven people were killed and 66 injured after a High Speed Train slammed into a stationary vehicle that had been parked across the main line by a suicidal driver.

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• slams
• slamming
• slammed

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