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slam

1  [slam] verb, slammed, slam⋅ming, noun
–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.
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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.]
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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Slang Dictionary
slam

  1. tv.
    to criticize someone or something. : The secretary was slamming the boss in one room, and the boss was slamming the secretary in another.
  2. n.
    a criticism. : Harry took another slam at the sales record the sales force had produced for the meeting.
  3. tv.
    to drink something quickly. : Bart slammed a couple of beers and left.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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slammer

  1. n.
    a jail. : I got out of the slammer on Monday and was back in by Wednesday.
  2. n.
    a slam dunk. : He really has that slammer perfected!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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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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