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{
"term": "slam",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "slam",
"heSheIt": "slams"
},
"pastSimple": "slammed",
"pastParticiple": "slammed",
"ingForm": "slamming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to shut, or to make something shut, with a lot of force, making a loud noise",
"sensetop": "+ adj.slam somethingslam something + adj.+ adv./prep.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I heard the door slam behind him."
},
{
"text": "A window slammed shut in the wind.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "He stormed out of the house, slamming the door as he left.",
"contextForm": "slam something"
},
{
"text": "She slammed the lid shut.",
"contextForm": "slam something + adj."
},
{
"text": "She slammed out of the room *(= went out and slammed* the door behind her).",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
}
],
"synonyms": "bang",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hard", "loudly", "angrily"],
"verb + slam": ["hear something"],
"preposition": ["against", "behind", "into"],
"phrases": [
"slam something home",
"slam on the brakes",
"slam (something) shut"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to put, push or throw something into a particular place or position with a lot of force",
"sensetop": "slam something + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She slammed down the phone angrily."
},
{
"text": "He slammed on the brakes *(= stopped the car very suddenly)*."
},
{
"text": "He repeatedly slammed the man's head against the wall."
},
{
"text": "He slammed home the penalty for goal number two."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hard", "loudly", "angrily"],
"verb + slam": ["hear something"],
"preposition": ["against", "behind", "into"],
"phrases": [
"slam something home",
"slam on the brakes",
"slam (something) shut"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to crash into something with a lot of force; to make somebody/something crash into something with a lot of force",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.slam somebody/something + adv./prep.",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The car skidded and slammed into a tree.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "Kath's heart slammed against her ribs."
},
{
"text": "The force of the explosion slammed me against the wall.",
"contextForm": "slam somebody/something + adv./prep."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to criticize somebody/something very strongly",
"sensetop": "slam somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government has been slammed for failing to take firm action against drinking and driving."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slæm/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slam__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæmz/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slams__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæmd/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slammed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæmɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slamming__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slæm/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slam__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæmz/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slams__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæmd/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slammed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæmɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slam/slamming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse slam(b)ra."
}