Definition of: slam

(slam) v. slammed, slam·ming v.t.
1. To shut with violence and a loud noise; pull or push to loudly: to slam a door.
2. To put, dash, throw, or bring with violence and a loud noise; bang: to slam a book down.
3. Slang To strike with the fist.
4. Colloq. To take to task; criticize severely.
—v.i.
5. To be shut, enter a place, etc., with force and noise.
—noun
1. A closing or striking with a bang; the act or noise of slamming.
2. Colloq. Severe criticism.
3. A card game of the l6th century, resembling ruff.
4. In bridge, the winning of more than eleven tricks: grand slam is the winning of all 13 tricks; little slam is the winning of 12 tricks. [<Scand. Cf. dial. Norw. slamra slam.]