Meanings
plural slammers
- One who, or that which, slams.
Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.
1989, Jane Howard, Margaret Mead: A Life, page 27 - 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.
The basic modern 'Pog' game is played thus. Each child tosses a pog into the arena, face-up or face-down, as agreed. Each player in turn takes his slammer and pitches it hard onto the accumulated pile of pogs.
1997, Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie, Children's Games with Things, page 120
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Hungarian slammer
- slammerone who competes in a poetry slam
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