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Definition of slam noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

slam

noun
 
/slæm/
 
/slæm/
 [usually singular]
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  1. an act of slamming something; the noise of something being slammed
    • She gave the door a good hard slam.
    • The front door closed with a slam.
    see also body slam
  2. a competition in which people perform their poems to an audience, which chooses a winner
    • A poetry slam with cash prizes will be among the social events.
    see also grand slam, spoken word (2)Topics Literature and writingc2
  3. Grand Slam
     a set of very important competitions in a particular sport in the same year in tennis, golf or rugby; one of the individual competitions that make up a Grand Slam
    • She won her first slam with a dominant final.
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
    4. Word Originlate 17th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse slam(b)ra.
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