slam

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   strike violently

   slam the ball

2. 2
   verb

   throw violently

   I slammed the door shut.

3. 3
   verb

   close violently

   They slammed the door shut.

4. 4
   verb

   To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

   Don't slam the door!

5. 5
   verb

   To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)

   Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!

6. 6
   verb

   To strike forcefully with some implement.

   But Wolves went in front when Steven Fletcher headed in Stephen Hunt's cross and it was 2-0 when Geoffrey Mujangi Bia slammed in his first for the club.

7. 7
   verb

   To strike against suddenly and heavily.

   The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.

8. 8
   verb

   To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.

   They want me nicked, they want me slammed Fuckin' snitch had me on remand

Etymology

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”).