slam

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈslæm/, [ˈslæm] ~ [ˈslam] (Standard Southern British, Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈslam/, [ˈslam] (Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈslam/, [ˈslam] ~ [ˈsläm] (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈslæm/ (without æ-raising) IPA(key): [ˈslæm] (æ-raising) IPA(key): [ˈsleə̯m] ~ [ˈsleə̯m] (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈslæːm/ (without æ-raising) IPA(key): [ˈslæːm] (æ-raising) IPA(key): [ˈsleːm] ~ [ˈslɛːm] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈslɛm/, [ˈslɛm] Rhymes: -æm === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”). ==== Verb ==== slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed) (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise. (transitive, 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.) (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement. (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily. (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time. (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match. The Armenian football team has slammed the Turks 6–0. (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:criticize Antonyms: back, support To compete in a poetry slam. (intransitive) To slam-dance. (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk. (transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent. (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drink (ambitransitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up. Synonym: bang (transitive, sex, slang, vulgar) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail. (informal, US) To occupy and busy with a high workload. For quotations using this term, see Citations:slam. And Citations:slammed. (intransitive) Of a chaffinch: to produce a certain forceful trilling sound. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams) (countable) A sudden impact or blow. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object. (countable, basketball) A slam dunk. (countable, tennis) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult. (uncountable, UK, dialect) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product. A poetry slam. A slambook. (music, uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Unknown and long-speculated, though perhaps at least reinforced by Etymology 1. Doublet of chelem. ==== Noun ==== slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams) (uncountable, obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours. A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules. Synonym: spit (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game. (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump. (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season. ===== Derived terms ===== golden slam grand slam little slam small slam ===== Descendants ===== → French: chelem, schelem→ English: chelem→ Polish: szlem ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed) (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand. (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid. === Etymology 3 === Compare Dutch slomp, German Schlampe. ==== Noun ==== slam (plural slams) (obsolete) A shambling fellow. === Further reading === “slam v.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === AMLs, masl, salm, Alms, M.L.A.s, ALMS, alms, MSAL, Salm, SAML, AMSL, MLAs, MASL, amsl, ALMs, mals, lams, LAMs, Lams == Caolan == === Numeral === slam three == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈslam] === Noun === slam genitive plural of sláma == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === slam m (plural slams) poetry slam == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [slam] === Noun === slam dative of slě == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From German Schlamm. === Noun === slam n (definite singular slammet, uncountable) mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slurry === References === “slam” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “slam” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From German Schlamm. === Noun === slam n (definite singular slammet, uncountable) mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slurry === References === “slam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from slam poetry. === Pronunciation === === Noun === slam m (plural slans) (poetry) slam poetry == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle Low German slam. Cognate of German Schlamm. Further origin disputed. Attested since 1587. ==== Noun ==== slam n silt, sludge, slurry ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== slamma slammig === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English slam. Attested since 1787. ==== Noun ==== slam c (card games) slam (winning all the tricks in a game, such as bridge) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== lillslam storslam === References === “slam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “slam”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “slam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) slam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) == Tày == === Alternative forms === sam === Etymology === From Proto-Tai *saːm. From Middle Chinese 三 (MC sam|samH). Cognate with Thai สาม (sǎam), Northern Thai ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ສາມ (sām), Lü ᦉᦱᧄ (ṡaam), Tai Dam ꪎꪱꪣ, Shan သၢမ် (sǎam), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥛᥴ (sáam), Ahom 𑜏𑜪 (saṃ), Bouyei saaml, Zhuang sam. === Pronunciation === (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ɬaːm˧˥] (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [θaːm˦] === Numeral === slam (三) three == Volapük == === Proper noun === slam Islam ==== Declension ====