SLAM | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of slam in English slamverb uk /slæm/ us /slæm/ -mm- Add to word list Add to word list B2 [ I or T ] to (cause to) move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise: The wind made the door/window slam (shut). Close the door carefully, don't slam it. He slammed the brakes on (= used them quickly and with force) when a child ran in front of his car. I had to stop suddenly, and the car behind me slammed into the back of me. to close

• closeCan you close the door behind you?
• shutI shut the door so the cat couldn't get out.
• snap shutHe snapped his briefcase shut and walked out of the office.
• click shutThe door clicked shut.
• slamPlease don't slam the door.

See more results » [ T ] informal to criticize: Although the reviewers slammed the play, the audience loved it. Synonyms attack (CRITICIZE) castigate formal censure formal chastise (CRITICIZE) formal condemn criticize damn (BLAME) decry formal denounce (CRITICIZE) excoriate formal rail formal revile formal

• She slammed the door after her.
• The window slammed shut with a loud bang.
• She slammed her case down on the desk with a smack.
• I slammed on the brake, but it was too late.
• She stomped up the stairs and slammed her bedroom door.

Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding

• anti-collision
• anti-shock
• bang around phrasal verb
• bowl
• bowl someone over phrasal verb
• broadside
• bump into someone phrasal verb
• collide
• dash
• fell
• fender bender
• hit on someone phrasal verb
• hit someone in something
• jarring
• knock
• knock at something
• prang
• rear-end
• sideswipe
• stack up phrasal verb

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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact Disapproving & criticizing slamnoun [ S ] uk /slæm/ us /slæm/

slam noun [S] (NOISE)

a sudden loud noise: The door shut with a slam. a sudden loud sound

• bangShe slammed the door with a bang.
• slamThe window closed with a slam.
• clashI can still hear the clash of metal against metal during the car crash.
• clankMy mechanic asked me to describe the clanks that my engine makes.
• clangThe jail door closed with a resounding clang.
• thumpHe dropped his suitcase with a loud thump and sprinted up the steps.

See more results » Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

• auditory feedback
• bang around phrasal verb
• bleep
• boop
• chuff
• clack
• clap
• clap along
• crashing
• patter
• peal
• rumble
• soughing
• spit
• susurration
• susurrus
• thrum
• thunk
• ting-a-ling
• whisper

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slam noun [S] (COMPETITION)

an event in which people read out their poems to be judged by an audience: a poetry slam Literature

• accentual
• action hero
• allegorist
• alliterative
• alliteratively
• fabulist
• fairy godmother
• fan art
• fan artist
• fan fiction
• munchkin
• mystery play
• nativity play
• naturalism
• naturalistic
• superheroine
• swashbuckler
• sympathetically
• tanka
• tartan noir

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slam noun [S] (SPORTS)

in some sports, especially tennis, one of the events that are part of a grand slam : Murray won his first slam in 2013. Competitions, & parts of competitions

• All-Ireland
• bathing beauty
• be a game of two halves idiom
• beauty contest
• beauty pageant
• bout
• bowl
• championship
• jayvee
• keirin
• non-game
• non-major
• omnium
• round robin
• tournament
• tournament bracket
• tourney
• triple crown
• ultra
• vert

See more results » (Definition of slam from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

slam | American Dictionary

slamverb [ I/T ] us /slæm/ -mm- Add to word list Add to word list to move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise, or to cause something to move this way: [ I ] The truck slammed into an oncoming car. [ T ] Ray slammed the door shut.

slam

noun [ C usually sing ] us /slæm/ He closed the door with a slam. (Definition of slam from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of slam

slam Other common non-speech sounds, such as lip smacks, coughs or breath noises and door slams or beeps may also be included as distinct elementary units. From the Cambridge English Corpus The anger and frustration strategy references expressing frustration by swearing, slamming things down, crumpling up paper, and losing temper for a moment. From the Cambridge English Corpus Figure 5 shows two sentences extracted from the corpus used in our experiments which are selected because they contain context keywords, in this case crashed and slammed. From the Cambridge English Corpus In a moment the front door slams. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nobody wants another 1963–64 when, after expansion got under way, the brakes had to be slammed on again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The star rating system was slammed by health service journals and others as irrational and subject to fiddling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not quite understand therefore how you can say that the window has been slammed shut again, because the opposite is the case. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I prefer the alternative statement which is that as one door closes another slams in your face. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Workers were thrown on the streets and the factory gates were slammed in their faces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, my husband asked who he was speaking to and the phone was slammed down on him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I often think that this is cheating young men and women to whom a door is opened and then slammed before they get through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Knowing that her telephone was in perfectly good order, she slammed the door in his face. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that that means that the door has not been slammed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact remains, however, that he has slammed the door in our face. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point in slamming coal's competition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of slam These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of slam?

Translations of slam

in Chinese (Traditional) （使）重重撞上，（使）砰地關上, 批評，抨擊, 突然發出的巨大聲響… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （使）重重撞上，（使）砰地关上, 批评，抨击, 突然发出的巨大声响… See more in Spanish cerrar de golpe, cerrarse de golpe, destrozar… See more in Portuguese bater com força, bater, atingir… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian आपटणे, आदळणे - कठीण पृष्ठभागावर जोराने येणे आणि मोठा आवाज करणे, टीका करणे… See more バタンと閉まる, ～を力任せに閉める, 激（はげ）しくぶつかる… See more çarparak kapatmak, çarpıp kapatmak, çarpıp kapanmak… See more (faire) claquer, critiquer violemment, descendre en flammes… See more tancar(-se) de cop… See more dichtsmijten, knallen, klap… See more (காரணம்) ஒரு கடினமான மேற்பரப்புக்கு எதிராக சக்தியுடன் நகர்த்தவும், பொதுவாக ஒரு உரத்த சத்தம், விமர்சிக்க… See more (ज़ोर से) बंद करना / मारना / पटकना / लगाना, कटु आलोचना करना… See more (મોટેથી) બંધ / હડતાલ / ફેંકવું, બહાર ફેંકવું… See more smække, smadre, hamre… See more slå, smälla, drämma… See more menghempaskan, berdentam, hempasan… See more zuknallen, knallen, der Knall… See more smelle, slå, skjelle ut… See more زور سے بند کرنا یا ہونا, تنقید کرنا, نکتہ چینی کرنا… See more грюкати, ударити, гюкання… See more దభేలున వేయు / గట్టి ఉపరితలం మీద బలంగా, తరచుగా పెద్ద శబ్దంతో కదులు, కదుపు… See more সজোরে এবং সশব্দে কিছু আছড়ানো, সমালোচনা করা… See more zabouchnout (se), narazit, bouchnutí… See more menghempaskan, menabrak, hempasan… See more ปิดเสียงดัง, กระแทก, เสียงดังปัง… See more đóng sầm, đâm sầm, tiếng đóng sầm… See more trzaskać, zatrzaskiwać, trzasnąć… See more 쾅닫다… See more sbattere, sbattuta… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of slam

• grand slam
• body slam
• body-slam
• slam dunk
• slam-dunk
• slam on the brakes
• slam the brakes on, at slam on the brakes

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