Slam

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The refuse of alum works.

II. Slam ·noun Winning all the tricks of a deal.

III. Slam ·noun The act of one who, or that which, slams.

IV. Slam ·noun The shock and noise produced in slamming.

V. Slam ·vt To strike down; to Slaughter.

VI. Slam ·vt To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.

VII. Slam ·vt To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

VIII. Slam ·vt To shut with force and a loud noise; to Bang; as, he slammed the door.

IX. Slam ·vt To put in or on some place with force and loud noise;

— usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.

X. Slam ·vi To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.

XI. Slam ·add. ·noun Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam).

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