slami.html - See: GRAND SLAM.

slami.html - v. & n.
--v.

(slammed, slamming)
1 tr. & intr. shut forcefully and loudly.
2 tr. put down (an object) with a similar sound.
3 intr. move violently (he slammed out of the room).
4 tr. & intr. put or come into sudden action (slam the brakes on).
5 tr. sl. criticize severely.
6 tr. sl. hit.
7 tr. sl. gain an easy victory over.

--n.

1 a sound of or as of a slammed door.
2 the shutting of a door etc. with a loud bang.
3 (usu. prec. by the) US sl. prison. [prob. f. Scand.: cf. ON slam(b)ra]

slami.html - n.
Cards the winning of every trick in a game.

grand slam 1 Bridge the winning of 13 tricks.
2 the winning of all of a group of championships or matches in a sport. small (or little) slam Bridge the winning of 12 tricks. [orig. name of a card-game: perh. f. obs. slampant trickery]

slami.html - adv. & adj.
--adv.

with the sound of a slam.

--adj.

colloq. impressive, exciting, or energetic.

slami.html - n.
(usu. prec. by the) sl. prison.

slami.html - {v. phr.} 1. To become less active; grow lazy. * /Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end of the summer, many workers were dismissed./ 2. To gradually reduce; taper off. * /The snowstorms tend to slack off over the Great Lakes by the first of April./