slammer

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈslæmɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, slams.
    — Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.
  2. Jail, prison. slang
    — 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.
  3. A tequila cocktail that is slammed onto a surface to induce fizzing.
  4. One who takes part in slam-dance.
  5. One who competes in a poetry slam.
  6. 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.
  7. A slam-door train. UK,slang
    — 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.
  8. A fraudster who carries out slamming (fraudulent changes to a customer's service).

词形变化

slammers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Alabama slammer tequila slammer

词源

Etymology tree
English slam
English -er
English slammer
From slam + -er.
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