Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slam"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slam \Slam\, v. i.
To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden
force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or
shutter slams.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slam \Slam\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.
2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.
The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
--Dickens.
3. (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal.
4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slam \Slam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slamming}.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. slamra, slambra,
sl?ma, Norw. slemba, slemma, dial. Sw. sl["a]mma.]
1. To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he
slammed the door.
2. To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; --
usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the
pavement.
3. To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat
or cuff. [Prov. Eng.]
4. To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
5. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks
of a deal or a hand. --Hoyle.
{To slam to}, to shut or close with a slam. ``He slammed to
the door.'' --W. D. Howells.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slam \Slam\, n. (Card Playing)
Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge,
{grand slam}, the winning of all but one of the thirteen
tricks being called
{a little slam}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slam
n 1: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: {sweep}]
2: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
`drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a
dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: {shot}, {shaft}, {dig},
{barb}, {jibe}, {gibe}]
v 1: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: {bang}]
2: strike violently [syn: {bang}]
3: dance the slam dance [syn: {slam dance}, {mosh}, {thrash}]
4: throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn: {flap
down}]
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