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slam

 

  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slam  \Slam\,  v.  i. 
  To  come  or  swing  against  something  or  to  shut,  with  sudden 
  force  so  as  to  produce  a  shock  and  noise;  as  a  door  or 
  shutter  slams. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slam  \Slam\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  one  who  or  that  which  slams. 
 
  2.  The  shock  and  noise  produced  in  slamming. 
 
  The  slam  and  the  scowl  were  lost  upon  Sam. 
  --Dickens. 
 
  3.  (Card  Playing)  Winning  all  the  tricks  of  a  deal 
 
  4.  The  refuse  of  alum  works  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slam  \Slam\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slammed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slamming}.]  [Of  Scand.  origin;  cf  Icel.  slamra  slambra 
  sl?ma,  Norw.  slemba  slemma,  dial.  Sw  sl["a]mma.] 
  1.  To  shut  with  force  and  a  loud  noise;  to  bang;  as  he 
  slammed  the  door. 
 
  2.  To  put  in  or  on  some  place  with  force  and  loud  noise;  -- 
  usually  with  down  as  to  slam  a  trunk  down  on  the 
  pavement. 
 
  3.  To  strike  with  some  implement  with  force;  hence  to  beat 
  or  cuff.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  4.  To  strike  down  to  slaughter.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  5.  To  defeat  (opponents  at  cards)  by  winning  all  the  tricks 
  of  a  deal  or  a  hand.  --Hoyle. 
 
  {To  slam  to},  to  shut  or  close  with  a  slam.  ``He  slammed  to 
  the  door.''  --W.  D.  Howells. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slam  \Slam\,  n.  (Card  Playing) 
  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}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slam 
  n  1:  winning  all  or  all  but  one  of  the  tricks  in  bridge  [syn:  {sweep}] 
  2:  an  aggressive  remark  directed  at  a  person  like  a  missile  and 
  intended  to  have  a  telling  effect;  "his  parting  shot  was 
  `drop  dead'";  "she  threw  shafts  of  sarcasm";  "she  takes  a 
  dig  at  me  every  chance  she  gets"  [syn:  {shot},  {shaft},  {dig}, 
  {barb},  {jibe},  {gibe}] 
  v  1:  close  violently;  "He  slammed  the  door  shut"  [syn:  {bang}] 
  2:  strike  violently  [syn:  {bang}] 
  3:  dance  the  slam  dance  [syn:  {slam  dance},  {mosh},  {thrash}] 
  4:  throw  violently;  "He  slammed  the  book  on  the  table"  [syn:  {flap 
  down}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SLAM 
 
  1.    {Simulation  Language  for  Alternative 
  Modeling}. 
 
  2.  A  continuous  simulation  language. 
 
  ["SLAM  -  A  New  Continuous  Simulation  Language", 
  N.A.  Wallington  et  al  in  SCS  Simulation  Council  Proc  Series: 
  Toward  Real-Time  Simulation  (Languages,  Models  and  Systems), 
  R.E.  Crosbie  et  al  eds,  6(1):85-89  (Dec  1976)]. 
 
  (1995-03-03) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SLAM 
  Simulation  Language  for  Alternative  Modeling




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