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Definition of "slam" []
- To shut with force and loud noise: slammed the door. (verb-transitive)
- To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise: slammed the book on the desk. (verb-transitive)
- To hit or strike with great force. (verb-transitive)
- Slang To criticize harshly; censure forcefully. (verb-transitive)
- To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "slam" in a sentence
- "TONY SNOW, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: It seems to that that there is a lot of umbrage taken with the term slam dunk."
- "And I think what ` s going on is that this is not a very easy or what we call slam-dunk case for the prosecution."
- ""There's two voices right now, and the noisy one is what I call the slam-the-borders crowd," Armey said."
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