slam : Idioms & Phrases

• noun winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridge
  

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• noun winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge
  little slam.
  

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• noun a form of dancing in which dancers slam into one another; normally performed to punk rock
  slam dance.
  
• verb dance the slam dance
  thrash; slam dance; slam; mosh.
  

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• noun a form of dancing in which dancers slam into one another; normally performed to punk rock
  slam dance.
  
• verb dance the slam dance
  thrash; slam dance; slam; mosh.
  

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• noun something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion
  
  • predicting his success was a slam dunk
• noun a forceful dunk
  

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• verb apply carelessly
  slap on; clap on.
  
  • slap some paint onto the wall

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• adjective satellite violent and sudden and noisy
  
  • a slam-bang collision
• adverb in a careless or reckless manner
  slapdash.
  
  • the shelves were put up slapdash
• adverb with heedless speed
  
  • yachts ran slap-bang into the convoy at 15 knots an hour
• adverb in a violent or sudden or noisy manner
  slap-bang.
  
  • the pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house

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Slam"-bang` adverb

Definitions

1. With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. Colloq.

Webster 1913

• verb make a forceful move against
  
  • the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies
• verb make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk
  

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• noun winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge
  little slam.
  

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• to shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to the door." W. D. Howells.

Webster 1913