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- Dictionaryslam/slam/
verb
- 1. shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly: "he slams the door behind him as he leaves" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a loud bang caused by the forceful shutting of something such as a door: "the back door closed with a slam"
- 2. prison: informal North American "if he challenged the judge, he was definitely going to the slam"
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1. to shut with force and noise: to slam the door. 2. to dash, strike, throw, etc., with violent, noisy impact: She slammed the book on the table. 3. to hit, push, block, etc., so as to cause a violent noise (often fol. by on ): If you slam on the brakes, the car will skid. 4. to criticize harshly.
She slammed all the wrong doors in their faces until they were forced to find the right one. From the Cambridge English Corpus Car burglar alarms went off, car doors slammed .
to ( cause to) move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise: The wind made the door / window slam ( shut ). Close the door carefully, don't slam it. He slammed the brakes on (= used them quickly and with force) when a child ran in front of his car.
1. : to shut forcibly and noisily : bang. 2. a. : to set or slap down violently or noisily. slammed down the phone. b. : to propel, thrust, or produce by or as if by striking hard. slam on the brakes. slammed the car into a wall. 3. : to strike or beat hard : knock. 4. : to criticize harshly. intransitive verb. 1. : to make a banging noise. 2.
A police spokesman slammed the accusations, and said authorities are working to ensure safety for all. From CNN Bent said his son was body slammed three times by that student, who also stole a necklace from him.
The door to the situation room crashed open, cannoned off the wall and slammed shut. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS ( 2002 ) The old women called at houses selling lucky charms and muttering curses if they found a door slammed in their faces.
, slammed, slam·ming. 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. Informal. to criticize harshly; attack verbally: He slammed my taste mercilessly. noun. a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact. the noise so made.
to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in. to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way. Definition of slam verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to shut, stop, or make an impact with force and noise: [no object] The truck slammed into the wall. Informal Terms to criticize harshly; attack with words: [ ~ + object ] She slammed her opponent.
To slam someone or something means to criticize them very severely. [journalism] The famed film-maker slammed the claims as 'an outrageous lie'. [VERB noun] Britain has been slammed by the United Nations for having one of the worst race relations records in the world. [VERB noun]
