slam vs smack

slam

verb
  • To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk. 

  • 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 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 speak badly of; to criticize forcefully. 

  • 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. 

smack

verb
  • To make a smacking sound. 

  • To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank) 

  • To slap or hit someone. 

  • To have a particular taste; used with of. 

  • To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat. 

  • To indicate or suggest something; used with of. 

  • To get the flavor of. 

  • To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate. 

noun
  • A group of jellyfish. 

  • A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank. 

  • The sound of a loud kiss. 

  • A distinct flavor, especially if slight. 

  • A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack 

  • A slight trace of something; a smattering. 

  • A form of fried potato; a scallop. 

  • A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. 

  • Heroin. 

adv
  • As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply. 

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