[slam] n [origin unknown] (1660) 1: grand slam
2: little slam
[2]slam n [prob. of Scand origin; akin to Icel slaema to slam] (1672) 1: a heavy blow or impact
2. a: a noisy violent closing b: a banging noise; esp: one made by the slam of a door
3: a cutting or violent criticism
4: slammer [3]slam vb slammed ; slam.ming vt (ca. 1691) 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 "~ on the brakes" "slammed the car into a wall"
4: to criticize harshly ~ vi 1: to make a banging noise
2: to function (as in moving) with emphatic and usu. noisy vigor "the hurricane slammed into the coast" "slammed out of the room"
3: to utter verbal abuse or harsh criticism