slammer

slam·mer

noun \ˈsla-mər\

Definition of SLAMMER

: jail, prison

Examples of SLAMMER

1. <the Mafia capo ultimately landed in the slammer on a conviction of income tax evasion>

First Known Use of SLAMMER

1952

Related to SLAMMER

Synonyms: bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, jail, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]

Related Words: bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank; block, ward; glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s); concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp; dungeon, keep, oubliette; reformatory, reform school, training school

Near Antonyms: outside

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Rhymes with SLAMMER

clamber, clammer, clamor, crammer, gammer, glamour, grammar, hammer, jammer, lamber, rammer, scammer, shammer, spammer, stammer, yammer