transcription, транскрипция: [ slæm ]
( slams, slamming, slammed)
1.
If you slam a door or window or if it slams , it shuts noisily and with great force.
She slammed the door and locked it behind her...
I was relieved to hear the front door slam...
He slammed the gate shut behind him.
VERB : V n , V , V n adj
2.
If you slam something down , you put it there quickly and with great force.
She listened in a mixture of shock and anger before slamming the phone down.
VERB : V n with adv
3.
To slam someone or something means to criticize them very severely. ( JOURNALISM )
The famed film-maker slammed the claims as ‘an outrageous lie’...
VERB : V n
4.
If one thing slams into or against another, it crashes into it with great force.
The plane slammed into the building after losing an engine shortly after take-off...
He slammed me against the ground.
VERB : V into/against n , V n into/against n
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see also Grand Slam