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Entry 10 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Slam

/slăm/ · IPA /slæm/
01 v. t. To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
imp. & p. p. Slammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slamming
  1. 1.
    To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
  2. 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. 3.
    To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.[Prov. Eng.]
  4. 4.
    To strike down; to slaughter.[Prov. Eng.]
  5. 5.
    To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Phrases & compounds
To slam to — to shut or close with a slam.
02 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.
  1. 1.
    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.
03 n. The act of one who, or that which, slams.
  1. 1.
    The act of one who, or that which, slams.
  2. 2.
    The shock and noise produced in slamming.
    “The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.” — Dickens.
  3. 3.
    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 or small slam).(Card Playing)
  4. 4.
    The refuse of alum works.[Prov. Eng.]