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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.

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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.

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