What does slammed mean?
Slammed means simple past and past participle of slam.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of slam.
He was only a little guy and he got absolutely slammed when I burst through the door like a human battering ram. I sent him flying down the hall, then he continued sliding on his back, already unconscious. 'Knock, knock,' I said[…]
But those who were slammed, truly slammed, were those who had more on the stock side of their portfolios than they should have. It happens, and it happens especially after bull markets, as investors saw in the several years prior[…]
I was just too slammed to intervene. By drink number five he was snapping his fingers to get my attention and his tips were getting smaller and smaller. He was becoming my worst enemy and he could sense it.
Or, worse yet, you've been so slammed with working on a massive science project about helium that you haven't stayed caught up in any of your other classes.
It's because you are fabulous, of course, but also because if they are so slammed that they can't even make time for a face-to-face interview, trust me, they want to check the box that this position is filled […]
She justifies the systemic response by constructing demand and positioning herself as 'absolutely slammed' in a 'work load intensive environment.' Una acknowledges consumer disappointment: 'you know that's not what they are there for'[…]
“We've been jammed with so much, trying to get our TV show back on the air,” Buck apologized. “I've just been so slammed with so many things.” I said it was no problem. The sun streaked past my passenger window.
“I have several clients, and with a buyer's market, I'm very slammed.” “That's okay. I understand.” “Well, I was going to suggest something. Seeing how I am showing houses all over, when in the area and free, I can stop by[…]”
Use slammed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slammed means simple past and past participle of slam.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was only a little guy and he got absolutely slammed when I burst through the door like a human battering ram. I sent him flying down the hall, then he continued sliding on his back, already unconscious. 'Knock, knock,' I said[…]
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