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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Slam

Slăm, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SLAMMED; p. pr. & vb. n. SLAMMING.] [Cf. O. Eng. lam, to beat, Icel. lemja, to beat, strike, I. Ger. slaen, slaen, D. slaen, Goth. & O. H. Ger. slahan, Ger. schlagen. See SLAY.]

  1. To strike with force and noise; to shut with violence; as, to slam a door.
  2. To beat; to cuff. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
  3. To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
  4. To win all the tricks in a hand at whist; as it were to take all at a stroke or dash. Hoyle.

Slăm, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To strike violently and noisily; as, a door slams. 2. (Mech.) To strike hard, as a moving part upon its seat; as, a puppet-valve slams.

Slām, n.

noun

n. 1. A violent driving and dashing against; a violent shutting of a door.

  1. The winning of all the tricks at whist, so defeating the other party.
  2. The refuse of alum-works;—used in Yorkshire as a manure, with sea-weed and lime. [Prov. Eng.] Hebert.