Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slammed"

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.

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