Slamming

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[aum]mma.]
     1. To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he
        slammed the door.
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     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.
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     3. To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat
        or cuff. [Prov. Eng.]
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     4. To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
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     5. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks
        of a deal or a hand. --Hoyle.
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     {To slam to}, to shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to
        the door." --W. D. Howells.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slam
       n 1: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: {sweep}]
       2: the noise made by the forcefaul impact of two objects
       3: a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
       4: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
          intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
          `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a
          dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: {shot}, {shaft}, {dig},
           {barb}, {jibe}, {gibe}]
       v 1: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: {bang}]
       2: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: {bang}]
       3: dance the slam dance [syn: {slam dance}, {mosh}, {thrash}]
       4: throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn: {flap
          down}]
       [also: {slamming}, {slammed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slamming
       See {slam}