1.  slam(n = noun.event) sweep - winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge;
is a kind of triumph, victory
is a part of bridge
has particulars: grand slam, little slam, small slam

2.  slam(n = noun.event) - the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects;
is a kind of noise
Derived form verb slam₁

3.  slam(n = noun.event) - a forceful impact that makes a loud noise;
is a kind of impact
Derived forms verb slam₂, verb slam₄

4.  slam(n = noun.communication) barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
is a kind of comment, input, remark
has particulars: cheap shot

1.  slam(v = verb.contact) bang - close violently; "He slammed the door shut"
is one way to close, shut
Derived forms noun slam₂, noun slammer₁
Sample sentences: They want to slam the doors

2.  slam(v = verb.contact) bang - strike violently; "slam the ball"
is one way to hit
Derived form noun slam₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

3.  slam(v = verb.motion) mosh, slam dance, thrash - dance the slam dance;
is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue slam

4.  slam(v = verb.contact) flap down - throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table"
is one way to throw
Derived form noun slam₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

1.  To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door. [1913 Webster]

2.  To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement. [1913 Webster]

3.  To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff. [1913 Webster]

4.  To strike down; to slaughter. [1913 Webster]

5.  To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand. Hoyle. [1913 Webster]

   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. [1913 Webster]

1.  The act of one who, or that which, slams. [1913 Webster]

2.  The shock and noise produced in slamming. [1913 Webster]
"The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam." [1913 Webster]

3.  Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam or small slam). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.  The refuse of alum works. [1913 Webster]

slam, v. & n.
--v. (slammed, slamming)
1 tr. & intr. shut forcefully and loudly.
2 tr. put down (an object) with a similar sound.
3 intr. move violently (he slammed out of the room).
4 tr. & intr. put or come into sudden action (slam the brakes on).
5 tr. sl. criticize severely.
6 tr. sl. hit.
7 tr. sl. gain an easy victory over.
--n.
1 a sound of or as of a slammed door.
2 the shutting of a door etc. with a loud bang.
3 (usu. prec. by the) US sl. prison.

slam, n. Cards the winning of every trick in a game.

Idiom:
grand slam 1 Bridge the winning of 13 tricks.
2 the winning of all of a group of championships or matches in a sport. small (or little) slam Bridge the winning of 12 tricks.

Etymology:
orig. name of a card-game: perh. f. obs. slampant trickery

N  impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.

VB  flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

VB  rap, snap, tap, knock, ping, click, clash, crack, crackle, crash, pop, slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham, brustle, burst on the ear, crepitate, rump, blow up, blow, detonate.

grand slam, little slam, slam bang, slam dance, slam dancing, slam dunk, slam on, small slam