slammer

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word slammer. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word slammer, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say slammer in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word slammer you have here. The definition of the word slammer will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofslammer, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

slam +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

Noun

slammer (plural slammers)

  1. One who, or that which, slams.
    • 1989, Jane Howard, Margaret Mead: A Life, page 27:
      Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.
  2. (slang, usually "the slammer") jail, prison.
    • 1971 June 7, “Better Than Prison”, in Time:
      A man being sentenced for starving some horses chose 24 hours in the slammer with no food rather than seven days with the regular amenities.
  3. A tequila cocktail that is slammed onto a surface to induce fizzing.
  4. One who takes part in slam-dance.
  5. One who competes in a poetry slam.
  6. In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.
    • 1997, Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie, Children's Games with Things, page 120:
      The basic modern 'Pog' game is played thus. Each child tosses a pog into the arena, face-up or face-down, as agreed. Each player in turn takes his slammer and pitches it hard onto the accumulated pile of pogs.
  7. (UK, slang) A slam-door train.
    • 2009, Claude Lambert, On Pets and Men, page 33:
      I was in Britain, wanting to take a train to Portsmouth, and I only needed a one-way ticket. I did love the English trains; we still had slammers then. A slammer is a train where you got to slam the door shut yourself.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

slammer

  1. to crowdsurf
  2. to take part in a poetry slam

Conjugation

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from slamra.

Noun

slammer n

  1. clatter, clattering

Declension

Declension of slammer 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative slammer slamret
Genitive slammers slamrets

Related terms

References