Meaning

15 senses

  1. (countable)A sudden impact or blow.

    хлопаниеxlopanije

  2. (countable)The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.

  3. (countable)A slam dunk.

  4. (countable)One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.

  5. (US, colloquial, countable)An insult.

    I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.

    оскорблениеoskorblenije

  6. (UK, dialectal, uncountable)The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A poetry slam.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A slambook.

  9. (uncountable)A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.

  11. (countable)Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

    winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

  12. (countable)A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.

Examples

358 sentences

  1. I heard the front door slam.

    Я почув як грюкнули вхідні двері. — ChickenKiev

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  2. Don't slam the door.

    Не грюкай дверима. — deniko

    ruНе хлопай дверью. — marafon

    deSchlag die Tür nicht zu. — cost

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  3. I slammed the door.

    Я грюкнув дверима. — deniko

    ruЯ хлопал дверью. — marafon

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  4. Tom heard the front door slam.

    ruТом слышал, как захлопнулась передняя дверь. — scriptin

    deTom hörte die Haustür zuschlagen. — raggione

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  5. Tom heard a car door slam.

    deTom hörte, wie eine Autotür zugeschlagen wurde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
sudden impact or blow:
insult:

Origin

From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimat

From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”).

Unknown and long-speculated, though perhaps at least reinforced by Etymology 1. Doublet of chelem.

Compare Dutch slomp, German Schlampe.

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Forms

plural: slams
Singularslam
Pluralslams

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
spit
Close in meaning
  • winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge:sweep
  • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect:shotshaftdigbarbjibegibe

Word family

26 related words
Derivedbodyslamchokeslamdata slamdoorslamhoverslamkerslampowerslamrock slamslamballslambangslam-bangslam-clickerslam-danceslamfireslam gunslammasterslam pieceslam poemslam poetslam poetryslamwichwall slamgolden slamgrand slam

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • slammed the door
  • door slam
  • and slammed the
  • car door slam
  • slammed on the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slagslalomslammerslanderslanderous

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