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slamming |
1 definition found 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.
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