slam

[US]/slæm/
[UK]/slæm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. close forcefully
vt. sharply criticize
n. a loud closing sound

Phrases & Collocations

slam the door

slam dunk

slam poetry

slam the ball

grand slam

Example Sentences

the slam of a door.

a slam-bang action cartoon.

drove slam-bang through the barricade; a slam-bang collision.

the film season's one slam-dunk hit.

the slam-bang world of daily journalism.

slam the door in sb.'s face

slam rockets into the enemy's positions

The slam of the shutter awoke me.

a thriller that proceeds slam-bang to its conclusion; a slam-bang movie car chase.

he slams the door behind him as he leaves.

they continue to slam-dunk every proposal we make.

I walked slam-bang into this character.

They were surprised by the slam of a car door.

he always used to slam the gate and try and fetch her shins a wallop.

Brazil's Ricardo Campello falls after going airborne during the wave sailing competition at the Gran Canaria PWA Grand Slam at Pozo Izquierdo beach in the Canary Islands July 17.

Real-world Examples

The US is getting absolutely slammed by Omicron.

Source: Financial Times

Hope you slammed it in his face. -Medium slam.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

But the wizard slammed the door on her.

Source: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

And airlines are getting slammed by an aircraft shortage.

Source: Financial Times

Other Republicans have been slamming that outline as unworkable.

Source: NPR News November 2012 Compilation

Listen, we have the fall dance slam in a week.

Source: Our Day Season 2

The headline says that Nasa slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

Violent crunches as the cars behind the bus slammed into it.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Slammed a car hood on it. - Why?

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

Anything that crosses the orbit of Earth could one day slam into the Earth.

Source: The History Channel documentary "Cosmos"

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