slam

Definition

  • noun: a heavy blow or impact
  • verb: to close (something) in a forceful way that makes a loud noise
  • verb: to strike or beat hard
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: grand slam, little slam, slaughter

Examples

  • Many people have 'slammed' the company 'for' not paying its workers decent wages.

  • The vote proved to be a 'slam dunk' for our side with a 24 to 5 win.

  • There's no doubt that he's guilty. The case is a 'slam dunk'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Left. They march you in naked as the day you were born... ...skin burning and half-blind from that delousing shit. And when they put you in that cell... ...and those bars slam home... ...that's when you know it's for real. Old life blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption