"He slammed to the door." W. D. Howells.
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.
Slam
(Slam), n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.
2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.
The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
Dickens. 3. (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal.
4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
Slam-bang
(Slam"-bang`) adv. With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. [Colloq.]
Slamkin
(Slam"kin Slam"mer*kin) n. [Cf. G. schlampe, schlamp, dim. schlämpchen; schlampen to
dangle, to be slovenly in one's dress.] A slut; a slatternly woman. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Slander
(Slan"der) n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum,
Gr. a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr.
skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal.]
1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious
utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be
the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and
base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting."
Tillotson.
[We] make the careful magistrate
The mark of slander.
B. Jonson.
2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb.
Shak. 3. (Law) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words
spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of
another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. Burril.
