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slam
Synonyms and Antonyms of slam
- gave the stubborn nail one last slam with the hammer
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO
bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
- shut the door with a loud slam
- sported a gang tattoo on his arm that had gotten him plenty of respect in the slam
bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]
bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank
glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s)
concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp
- the sudden slam of my head against the trunk of the car
slam
Synonyms and Antonyms of slam
- please don't slam the door every time you step out
- she slammed the ball deep into center field
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
- the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch
- slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night
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