pan vs slam

pan

verb
  • To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.) 

  • To turn out well; to be successful. 

  • To join or fit together; to unite. 

  • To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage. 

  • To beat one's opposition convincingly. 

  • To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed. 

  • To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale. 

  • To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold). 

  • To turn horizontally. 

noun
  • A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits. 

  • A human face, a mug. 

  • A part; a portion. 

  • The part of a flintlock that holds the priming. 

  • Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa. 

  • A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. 

  • Strong adverse criticism. 

  • A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. 

  • The contents of such a receptacle. 

  • A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home. 

  • A leaf of gold or silver. 

  • A loaf of bread. 

  • A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin. 

  • The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. 

  • The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel. 

  • A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat. 

  • A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan. 

  • The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan. 

  • The brain, seen as one's intellect. 

  • A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water. 

adj
  • Pansexual or panromantic. 

slam

verb
  • To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully. 

  • To defeat or overcome in a match. 

  • To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent. 

  • To compete in a poetry slam. 

  • To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk. 

  • To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand. 

  • To make a slam bid. 

  • To occupy and busy with a high workload. 

  • To strike against suddenly and heavily. 

  • To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise. 

  • To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time. 

  • To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail. 

  • To inject intravenously; shoot up. 

  • To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.) 

  • To drink off, to drink quickly. 

  • To strike forcefully with some implement. 

noun
  • An insult. 

  • Losing or winning all the tricks in a game. 

  • A slambook. 

  • The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object. 

  • Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season. 

  • A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs 

  • A slam dunk. 

  • 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. 

  • A sudden impact or blow. 

  • A poetry slam. 

  • A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump. 

  • The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product. 

  • One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events. 

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