Definition

noun

A sudden impact or blow.
The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
A slam dunk.
An insult.
“I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.”
The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.

noun

A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.

noun

noun

A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

verb

To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
“to spit a loin of veal”
To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
“She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.”

noun

Saliva, especially when expectorated.
“There was spit all over the washbasin.”
An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image)

verb

To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
“a hot pan spitting droplets of fat”
To utter (something) violently.
(hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

noun

The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

verb