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Bible Dictionaries
Slam
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
(2):
(v. t.) To strike down; to slaughter.
(3):
(v. t.) To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.
(4):
(v. t.) To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; - usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.
(5):
(v. t.) To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
(6):
(n.) Winning all the tricks of a deal.
(7):
(n.) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam).
(8):
(n.) The refuse of alum works.
(9):
(v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.
(10):
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, slams.
(11):
(n.) The shock and noise produced in slamming.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Slam'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/slam.html. 1828.
