Search Details
Word: slam
(lookup usage)
(lookup stats)
Meaning:
Noun:
- A poetry slam.
- cards Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- countable|colloquial|US An insult.
- countable A sudden impact or blow.
- countable basketball A slam dunk.
- bridge A bid of six (''small slam'') or seven (''grand slam'') in a suit or no trump.
- countable The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- obsolete A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- prison A meal where ingredients are shared by three or more people to create dinner.
- uncountable The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
Source: Wiktionary
| Src Info »
Verb:
- bridge To make a slam bid.
- basketball To dunk forcefully.
- card games To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- colloquial To speak badly of.
- ergative To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as ''down'', ''against'' or ''into.)
- ergative To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- transitive to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
- transitive To strike forcefully with some implement.
Source: Wiktionary
| Src Info »