noun. The winning of all the tricks or all but one during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.

noun. A contract to make a slam.

intransitive verb. To shut with force and loud noise.

intransitive verb. To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise.

intransitive verb. To hit or strike with great force.

intransitive verb. To criticize harshly; censure forcefully.

intransitive verb. To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down.

intransitive verb. To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise.

intransitive verb. To hit something with force; crash.

noun. undefined

noun. A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.

noun. A noise so produced.

noun. An act of shutting forcefully and loudly.

noun. A harsh or devastating criticism.

noun. A poetry slam.

noun. An ill-shaped, shambling fellow.

noun. A violent and noisy collision or bang, as when a door is suddenly shut by the wind, or by a vehement push: as, the shutters were closed with a slam.

noun. The winning of all the tricks in a hand at whist, or in a game of euchre.

noun. The refuse of alumworks.

To close with force and noise; shut with violence; bang.

To push violently or rudely; beat; cuff.

To throw violently and with a loud, sudden noise: as, to slam a book down upon the table.

In card-playing, to beat by winning all the tricks in a hand or game.

To move or close violently and with noise; strike violently and noisily against something.

noun. An old game at cards.

noun. The act of one who, or that which, slams.

noun. The shock and noise produced in slamming.

noun. 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).

noun. The refuse of alum works.

transitive verb. To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang.

transitive verb. To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down.

transitive verb. To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.

transitive verb. To strike down; to slaughter.

transitive verb. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

transitive verb. to shut or close with a slam.

intransitive verb. To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

noun. A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.

noun. Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

noun. A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.

verb. To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

verb. To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

verb. To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)

verb. To strike forcefully with some implement.

verb. To speak badly of.

verb. To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.

verb. To make a slam bid.

verb. to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.

verb. to drink off, to drink quickly

noun. A sudden impact or blow.

noun. The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.

"TONY SNOW, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: It seems to that that there is a lot of umbrage taken with the term slam dunk."

grand slam  little slam  

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close  dance  hit  impact  noise  

Abram  Am  Cam  Dam  Durham  

bang  cannonade  clang  clap  creak  

Parthian shot  adverse criticism  altogether  animadversion  aspersion  

slammed  slamming  

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