slam

slam
    n 1: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn:
         {slam}, {sweep}]
    2: the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
    3: a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
    4: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
       intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
       `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig
       at me every chance she gets" [syn: {shot}, {shaft}, {slam},
       {dig}, {barb}, {jibe}, {gibe}]
    v 1: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: {slam},
         {bang}]
    2: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: {slam}, {bang}]
    3: dance the slam dance [syn: {slam dance}, {slam}, {mosh},
       {thrash}]
    4: throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn:
       {slam}, {flap down}]
    

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[aum]mma.]
   1. To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he
      slammed the door.
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   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.
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   3. To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat
      or cuff. [Prov. Eng.]
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   4. To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
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   5. To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks
      of a deal or a hand. --Hoyle.
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   {To slam to}, to shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to
      the door." --W. D. Howells.
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Slam \Slam\, 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.
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Slam \Slam\, n.
   1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.
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   2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.
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            The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
                                                  --Dickens.
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   3. (Card Playing) 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} or

   {small slam}).
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
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SLAM

   1. <language> {Simulation Language for Alternative
   Modeling}.

   2. A continuous simulation language.

   ["SLAM - A New Continuous Simulation Language",
   N.A. Wallington et al, in SCS Simulation Council Proc Series:
   Toward Real-Time Simulation (Languages, Models and Systems),
   R.E. Crosbie et al eds, 6(1):85-89 (Dec 1976)].

   (1995-03-03)
    

SLAM
       Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling
       
    

278 Moby Thesaurus words for "slam":
      Parthian shot, adverse criticism, altogether, animadversion,
      aspersion, attack, back answer, bad notices, bad press, bang,
      bang into, bar, barrack, barricade, bash, bastinado, bat, batten,
      batten down, batter, beat, beating, belt, biff, blast, blow, bolt,
      bonk, boom, bump, bump into, burst, bust, button, button up,
      cannon, captiousness, carom, carom into, carping, castigate,
      caustic remark, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chaff, choke,
      choke off, chop, clap, clash, clear, clip, clobber, close,
      close up, clout, clump, coldcock, collide, come into collision,
      comeback, completely, concuss, confront each other, constrict,
      contain, contract, cover, crack, crack up, crash, crash into,
      criticism, criticize, crump, crunch, cudgel, cut, cut at,
      cutting remark, dash, dash into, deal, deal a blow, deck,
      denigrate, denounce, dig, dig at, ding, dint, disparage, drub,
      drubbing, drumming, dump, dump on, encounter, entirely, exception,
      fall foul of, fasten, faultfinding, fetch, fetch a blow, flak,
      flap, flay, fleer, fling, flop, flout, fold, fold up, foolery,
      foul, fully, fusillade, gibe, gibing retort, goal, grand slam,
      hairsplitting, hammer, hit, hit a clip, hit against, hole,
      hole in one, home run, home thrust, homer, hostile criticism, hurt,
      hurtle, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, impinge, imputation,
      jab, jab at, jape, jeer, jest, key, knock, knock against,
      knock cold, knock down, knock out, latch, leg-pull, let have it,
      lick, lock, lock out, lock up, mace, meet, mock, nagging, niggle,
      niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, occlude, overcriticalness,
      padlock, pan, parting shot, paste, pelt, percuss, pestering,
      pettifogging, pillory, plumb, plunk, poke, pooh, pooh-pooh,
      potshot, pounce on, pounce upon, pound, priggishness, punch,
      put down, put-down, put-on, quibble, quibbling, quip, quite,
      rail at, rally, ram, rank out, rap, reflection, report,
      reproachfulness, revile, right, rude reproach, run down, run into,
      scathe, scoff, score, scourge, scout, scurrility, seal, seal off,
      seal up, secure, shoot down, short answer, shut, shut the door,
      shut up, sideswipe, slam into, slap, slap at, slash, slat, slate,
      slog, slug, slur, smack, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up,
      smite, snap, sneer, sneer at, snipe at, soak, sock, splat,
      squeeze shut, strangle, stricture, strike, strike against,
      strike at, stroke, swap, swat, swing, swipe, taking exception, tap,
      tattoo, taunt, thump, thwack, touchdown, trichoschistism, twit,
      verbal thrust, vilify, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop,
      yerk, zip up, zipper