slammed; slamming
1
: to shut forcibly and noisily : bang
2
a
: to set or slap down violently or noisily
slammed down the phone
b
: to propel, thrust, or produce by or as if by striking hard
slam on the brakes
slammed the car into a wall
3
: to strike or beat hard : knock
4
: to criticize harshly
1
: to make a banging noise
2
: to function (as in moving) with emphatic and usually noisy vigor
the hurricane slammed into the coast
slammed out of the room
3
: to utter verbal abuse or harsh criticism
1
a
: a noisy violent closing
b
: a banging noise
especially
: one made by the slam of a door
2
: a heavy blow or impact
3
: a poetry competition performed before judges
4
: a cutting or violent criticism
5
: slammer
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2
Examples of slam in a Sentence
Verb
He slammed the door in my face.
She slammed the drawer shut.
He stepped inside and let the door slam behind him.
In her anger, she slammed the ball against the fence.
The car slid on the ice and slammed into a tree.
Her arm slammed against the table.
Noun (1)
gave the stubborn nail one last slam with the hammer
shut the door with a loud slam
sported a gang tattoo on his arm that had gotten him plenty of respect in the slam
the sudden slam of my head against the trunk of the car
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Soo-Hyang Choi, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Property owners in Chicago neighborhoods slammed with big bill increases have come up short paying them in full, according to a new analysis of collection rates by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office, measured roughly a month and a half after the due date.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Tanesha Nicole Kozler, co-founder of the literary and performing arts collective BuckSlam MN, says the organization is the region’s only regular poetry slam, featuring a monthly competitive poetry reading.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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Verb
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has taken steps to improve relations with North Korea, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has slammed the overtures and laid out his vision for more nuclear development.
—Soo-Hyang Choi, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Property owners in Chicago neighborhoods slammed with big bill increases have come up short paying them in full, according to a new analysis of collection rates by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office, measured roughly a month and a half after the due date.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
Sarr, in contrast, was a 6-foot-8 sparkplug during Duke’s game-deciding run, punctuated by a full-court steal-and-slam that caused Blue Devil fans to erupt and forced Davis to call a timeout.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Tanesha Nicole Kozler, co-founder of the literary and performing arts collective BuckSlam MN, says the organization is the region’s only regular poetry slam, featuring a monthly competitive poetry reading.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Slam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slam. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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