Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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.]
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.
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}).
Source : WordNet®
slam
n 1: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: {sweep}]
2: the noise made by the forcefaul impact of two objects
3: a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
4: 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}]
[also: {slamming}, {slammed}]
slam
v 1: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: {bang}]
2: strike violently; "slam the ball" [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}]
[also: {slamming}, {slammed}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
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)].
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