n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: slammed ; slam · ming
Date: circa 1691
transitive verb
1 : to strike or beat hard : KNOCK
2 : to shut forcibly and noisily : BANG
3 a : to set or slap down violently or noisily < slammed down the phone> b : to propel, thrust, or produce by or as if by striking hard < slam on the brakes> < slammed the car into a wall>
4 : to criticize harshly
intransitive verb
1 : to make a banging noise
2 : to function (as in moving) with emphatic and usually noisy vigor <the hurricane slammed into the coast> < slammed out of the room>
3 : to utter verbal abuse or harsh criticism