slam

verb [I/T]

/slæm/ (-mm-)

Definition

› to move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise, or to cause something to move this way: [I] The truck slammed into an oncoming car. [T] Ray slammed the door shut. slam

/slæm/ noun [C usually sing] › He closed the door with a slam.

(Definition of slam verb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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