verb
    
    slams; slammed; slamming
    
    to close (something) in a forceful way that makes a loud noise [+ obj]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to set or throw (something) in a forceful way that makes a loud noise
    
    
    
    usually + down
    
    
    
    
    
    always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] :to hit something with a lot of force
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] informal :to criticize (someone or something) harshly
    
    
    
    
    
    slam on the brakes
    
    to press down hard on the brakes of a car to make it stop suddenly
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural slams
    
    [count] an act of closing something in a forceful way that makes a loud noise - usually singular
    
    
    
    a loud noise that is made when something is closed in a forceful way - usually singular
    
    
    
    chiefly US :a competition in which people read their poetry out loud so that it can be judged by other people