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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slam  \Slam\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slammed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slamming}.]  [Of  Scand.  origin;  cf  Icel.  slamra  slambra 
  sl?ma,  Norw.  slemba  slemma,  dial.  Sw  sl["a]mma.] 
  1.  To  shut  with  force  and  a  loud  noise;  to  bang;  as  he 
  slammed  the  door. 
 
  2.  To  put  in  or  on  some  place  with  force  and  loud  noise;  -- 
  usually  with  down  as  to  slam  a  trunk  down  on  the 
  pavement. 
 
  3.  To  strike  with  some  implement  with  force;  hence  to  beat 
  or  cuff.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  4.  To  strike  down  to  slaughter.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  5.  To  defeat  (opponents  at  cards)  by  winning  all  the  tricks 
  of  a  deal  or  a  hand.  --Hoyle. 
 
  {To  slam  to},  to  shut  or  close  with  a  slam.  ``He  slammed  to 
  the  door.''  --W.  D.  Howells. 




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