Slam (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with or without object), slammed, slam·ming.
  1. to shut with force and noise: to slam the door.
  2. to dash, strike, knock, thrust, throw, slap down, etc., with violent and noisy impact: He slammed his books upon the table.
  3. to criticize harshly; attack verbally: He slammed my taste mercilessly.
noun
  1. a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
  2. the noise so made.
  3. slammer (def. 2).
  4. a harsh criticism; verbal attack: I am sick of your slams.
  5. Informal.
    • a competitive, usually boisterous poetry reading.
    • a usually competitive performance involving multiple performers with short acts: puppet slams; a tap dance slam.
noun Cards.
  1. the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal.
  2. an old type of card game associated with ruff.
verb slams, slamming or slammed
  1. to cause (a door or window) to close noisily and with force or (of a door, etc) to close in this way
  2. to throw (something) down noisily and violently
  3. to criticize harshly
  4. to go (into or out of a room, etc) in violent haste or anger
  5. to strike with violent force
  6. to defeat easily
noun
  1. the act or noise of slamming
  2. harsh criticism or abuse
noun
    • the winning of all (grand slam) or all but one (little slam or small slam) of the 13 tricks at bridge or whist
    • the bid to do so in bridge
  2. an old card game
noun
  1. a poetry contest in which entrants compete with each other by reciting their work and are awarded points by the audience
Slam (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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