slammer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈslæmɚ/
Definition of slammer
8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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One who, or that which, slams.
“Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.”
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noun
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One who, or that which, slams.
“Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.”
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(slang)Jail, prison.
“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.”
- A tequila cocktail that is slammed onto a surface to induce fizzing.
- One who takes part in slam-dance.
- One who competes in a poetry slam.
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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.”
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(UK, slang)A slam-door train.
“I was in Britain, wanting to take a train to Portsmouth, and I only needed a one-way ticket. I did love the English trains; we still had slammers then. A slammer is a train where you got to slam the door shut yourself.”
- A fraudster who carries out slamming (fraudulent changes to a customer's service).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From slam + -er.
Words you can make from slammer
112 playable · top: LEMMAS (10 pts)
Best play lemmas 10 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
41 words- MALM 8 pts
- MAMS 8 pts
- MEMS 8 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALMS 6 pts
- ARMS 6 pts
- ELMS 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LAMS 6 pts
- MAES 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MARL 6 pts
- MARS 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MELS 6 pts
- MERL 6 pts
- MESA 6 pts
- RAMS 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- REMS 6 pts
- SAME 6 pts
- SEAM 6 pts
- SLAM 6 pts
- ALES 4 pts
- ARES 4 pts
- ARSE 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- EARS 4 pts
- ERAS 4 pts
- LARS 4 pts
- LASE 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LEAS 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- RASE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- SALE 4 pts
- SEAL 4 pts
- SEAR 4 pts
- SERA 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- MAM 7 pts
- MEM 7 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MAS 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
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