slammer
/ˈslæmɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who, or that which, slams.
noun
One who takes part in slam-dance.
noun
One who competes in a poetry slam.
noun
A fraudster who carries out slamming (fraudulent changes to a customer's service).
Example Sentences
- "Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From slam + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈslæmɚ/