slam
//ˈslæm//
Forms
- present (v1)
- slam
- past (v2)
- slammed
- past participle (v3)
- slammed
- present participle
- slamming
- 3rd person singular
- slams
- Plural
- slams
Definitions
1.To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
2.To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- 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”.
3.To strike forcefully with some implement.
- 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.
4.To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.
- 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.
- 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.
1.A sudden impact or blow.
- How many slams in an old screen door? / Depends how loud you shut it.
2.The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
3.A slam dunk.
4.One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3947
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”).