- to shut with force and noise: to slam the door.
- to dash, strike, knock, thrust, throw, slap down, etc., with violent and noisy impact: He slammed his books upon the table.
- to criticize harshly; attack verbally: He slammed my taste mercilessly.
- a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- the noise so made.
- slammer (def. 2).
- a harsh criticism; verbal attack: I am sick of your slams.
- Informal.
- a competitive, usually boisterous poetry reading.
- a usually competitive performance involving multiple performers with short acts: puppet slams; a tap dance slam.
- the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal.
- an old type of card game associated with ruff.
- to cause (a door or window) to close noisily and with force or (of a door, etc) to close in this way
- to throw (something) down noisily and violently
- to criticize harshly
- to go (into or out of a room, etc) in violent haste or anger
- to strike with violent force
- to defeat easily
- the act or noise of slamming
- harsh criticism or abuse
- 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
- an old card game
- a poetry contest in which entrants compete with each other by reciting their work and are awarded points by the audience
