slam

6 definitions • 10 examples

to (cause to) move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise:

The wind made the door/window slam (shut).

Close the door carefully, don't slam it.

He slammed the brakes on (= used them quickly and with force) when a child ran in front of his car.

I had to stop suddenly, and the car behind me slammed into the back of me.

to criticize:

Although the reviewers slammed the play, the audience loved it.

a sudden loud noise:

The door shut with a slam.

an event in which people read out their poems to be judged by an audience:

a poetry slam

in some sports, especially tennis, one of the events that are part of a

Murray won his first slam in 2013.

to move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise, or to cause something to move this way:

[ I ] The truck slammed into an oncoming car.

[ T ] Ray slammed the door shut.