Slam

English Meaning

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

1. To shut with force and loud noise: slammed the door.
2. To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise: slammed the book on the desk.
3. To hit or strike with great force.
4. Slang To criticize harshly; censure forcefully.
5. To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise.
6. To hit something with force; crash: slammed into a truck.
7. A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.
8. A noise so produced.
9. An act of shutting forcefully and loudly: the slam of a door.
10. Slang A harsh or devastating criticism.
11. A poetry slam.
12. The winning of all the tricks or all but one during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.
13. A contract to make a slam.