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English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm

Etymology
Probably from a Scandinavian word, cognate with Norwegian slamre, Swedish slemma.

Noun
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1. countable An act of slamming.
2. countable The shock and noise produced by slamming.
3. countable basketball A slam dunk.
4. countable bridge A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
5. countable colloquial An insult.

#:I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.

1. uncountable The refuse of alum works.
2. rfv-sense countable|prison A meal where ingredients are shared by three or more people to create dinner.

Translations
trans-top|An act of slamming
Finnish: läimäys, läjähdys
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trans-top|The shock and noise produced by slamming
Finnish: läimäys, läjähdys, pamahdus
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trans-top|A slam dunk
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trans-top|A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump
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trans-top|An insult
Finnish: loukkaus
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trans-top|The refuse of alum works
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Transitive verb
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en-verb|slamm|ing

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

#:Don't slam the door!

1. 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.)

#:Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!

1. To strike forcefully with some implement.
2. card games To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
3. colloquial To speak badly of.

#:Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!

1. basketball To dunk forcefully.

Translations
trans-top|To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise
Finnish: läimäyttää, paiskata kiinni
German: zuschlagen
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trans-top|To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise
Finnish: läimäyttää
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trans-top|To strike forcefully with some implement
Finnish: läimäyttää, mojauttaa, iskeä
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trans-top|To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand
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trans-top|To speak badly of
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trans-top|To dunk forcefully
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Intransitive verb
en-verb|slamm|ing

1. bridge To make a slam bid.

Verb
en-verb|slamm|ing

1. to, without clear (if any) consent, change telephone carriers on a customer

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