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slam

1  [slam] verb, slammed, slam⋅ming, noun
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to shut with force and noise: to slam the door.
2. to dash, strike, knock, thrust, throw, slap down, etc., with violent and noisy impact: He slammed his books upon the table.
3. Informal. to criticize harshly; attack verbally: He slammed my taste mercilessly.
–noun
4. a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
5. the noise so made.
6. Usually, the slam. Slang. slammer (def. 2).
7. Informal. a harsh criticism; verbal attack: I am sick of your slams.
8. Also called poetry slam. Informal. a competitive, usually boisterous poetry reading.
Origin:
1650–60; perh < Scand; cf. Icel, Norw, Sw slamra to slam

slam

2  [slam]
–noun Cards.
1. the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def. 1), little slam.
2. an old type of card game associated with ruff.
Origin:
1615–25; perh. special use of slam 1

slam⋅mer

  [slam-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that slams.
2. Usually, the slammer. Also called the slam. Slang. a prison.
Origin:
1955–60; slam 1 + -er 1
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slam 1   (slām)   
v.   slammed, slam·ming, slams

v.   tr.
  1. To shut with force and loud noise: slammed the door.
  2. To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise: slammed the book on the desk.
  3. To hit or strike with great force.
  4. Slang To criticize harshly; censure forcefully.
v.   intr.
  1. To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise.
  2. To hit something with force; crash: slammed into a truck.
n.  
    1. A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.
    2. A noise so produced.
  2. An act of shutting forcefully and loudly: the slam of a door.
  3. Slang A harsh or devastating criticism.
  4. A poetry slam.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse slambra, to strike at.]
slam 2   (slām)   
n.  
  1. The winning of all the tricks or all but one during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.
  2. A contract to make a slam.

[Origin unknown.]
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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).

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.

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.

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.]
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Language Translation for : slam
Spanish: cerrar de golpe,
German: zuknallen,
Japanese: ぱたんと閉める
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slam  (1)
"a severe blow," 1672, probably from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. slamre, Swed. slemma "to slam, bang") of imitative origin. The verb meaning "to shut with force" is attested from 1726. Meaning "say uncomplimentary things about" is from 1916. Slam-bang first recorded 1823. Slam-dunk is from 1976. Slam-dance is attested by 1987 (slam by itself in this sense is recorded from 1983). Slammer "jail, prison" is from 1952.

slam  (2)
"a winning of all tricks in a card game," 1621, used especially in whist, of obscure origin. Grand slam in bridge first recorded 1892; earlier in related card games from 1814; fig. sense of "complete success" is attested from 1920; in baseball sense from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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SLAM
1. Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling.
2. A continuous simulation language.
["SLAM - A New Continuous Simulation Language", N.A. Wallington et al, in SCS Simulation Council Proc Series: Toward Real-Time Simulation (Languages, Models and Systems), R.E. Crosbie et al eds, 6(1):85-89 (Dec 1976)].
(1995-03-03)

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