Slamming

/ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of slam.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of slam
2. (slang) Great; awesome.
3. The act of something being slammed.
4. A form of fraud in which a customer's telephone service, Internet domain registration or credit card processor is changed without their consent.
5. Synonym of slam dance.

Example Sentences

First off, how could I ever be a totally slamming, hot French expert on free-running. But, that technicality aside, I honestly don't want to be Henri.

You could play while driving if wanted to. "Man, you have no idea how slammin' we would be driving into my neighborhood with these wheels. Just slammin'...."

It was totally slamming and reminded Sofi of an MTV spring break show.

He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]

The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea.

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Related Words

Word Forms

• more slamming
• most slamming
• slammings

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