slammer
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æmə(r)
Noun
slammer (plural slammers)
- 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.
- 1989, Jane Howard, Margaret Mead: A Life (page 27)
- (slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
- 1971, "Better Than Prison," Time, 7 Jun.,
- 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.
- 1971, "Better Than Prison," Time, 7 Jun.,
- A tequila cocktail.
- One who takes part in slam-dance.
- One who competes in a poetry slam.
- In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.
- (Britain, slang) A slam-door train.
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