Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.