{
    "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."
}