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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
slamming en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈslɛm.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
- audio Queensland
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˈslɛəm.ɪŋ] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Australia)
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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(slang) Great; awesome.
You could play while driving if wanted to. "Man, you have no idea how slammin' we would be driving into my neighborhood with these wheels. Just slammin'...."
2007, A. Lopez, Great Falls, page 207:It was totally slamming and reminded Sofi of an MTV spring break show.
2008, Malín Alegría, Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico, page 28:First off, how could I ever be a totally slamming, hot French expert on free-running. But, that technicality aside, I honestly don't want to be Henri.
2006, Brian Sloan, Tale of Two Summers, page 82:
Forms
Deriveds
slammingly
slamming en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈslɛm.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
- audio Queensland
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˈslɛəm.ɪŋ] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Australia)
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of something being slammed.
The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea.
2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 5:50 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022:He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]
2011, John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin:
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(countable, uncountable) A form of fraud in which a customer's telephone service, Internet domain registration or credit card processor is changed without their consent.
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(countable, uncountable) Synonym of slam dance.
Forms
Synonyms
slam dance
slamming en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈslɛm.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
- audio Queensland
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˈslɛəm.ɪŋ] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Australia)
- /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of slam