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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
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Computing Dictionary

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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