To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.
He had leaped out at the very end of the platform; and such was his determination in sticking to his desperate plan that he managed by a sort of miracle, performed almost in the air, to slam to the door of the carriage.
But he would hang about me, till one evening I found the courage to slam the door in his face.
Bertha had talked with her upstairs and had heard the back door slam about the time when Ellen might be supposed to be departing.
Again she would open and slamthe door, lift up the end of the stick and drop it, and utter a peculiar sound, showing in every possible way that she wanted a fire.
In addition to all this, he imitates many noises, such as the sounds of sawing wood, the slam of a door, and the whistling of the wind.
And like a child, he was hurled across the hall, and he heard the door slam shut behind him.
He heard the bodies of the monster and the dog slam against the inner side of the chamber, and then he saw the door of the rocket close.
He heard a door slam shut, and almost at the same moment his fingers, that had never once ceased working, tore a corner of the sheet loose.
Came a jingle of harness, a sound of voices, the slam of a door, and the chaise rolled away down the lane, farther and farther, until the rumble of its wheels died away in the distance.
I'm setting the thruster to cut in at twenty percent as soon as we're back in and slam the hatch.
They shoved and twisted through the narrow spaces to the table in time for Hodak to slam his hand, palm down, flat on the tabletop, glaring off a trio of competitors.
In fact, if I got the chance at all, I'd just slam the door right in her face.
Shortly, she heard a door slam on the other side of the kitchen, and then there were no more sounds at all.
You catched me all of a heap or I wouldn't o' let that feller slam yer things into the house and git away.
It was Virginia who had the presence of mind to slam the blinds in the faces of the troops, and the crowd had cheered her.
With bow, a smile, and a twinkle, Milverton was out of the room, and a few moments after we heard the slam of the carriage door and the rattle of the wheels as he drove away.
But I'm feelin' more like a great big slam Than a nice little peaceful woolly lamb, But we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marchin' home.
He did not know whether to play his last card slowly and carefully or to slam it face upward with enough force to make the table rattle.
And he strode back to his own office and shut the door with a slam that disturbed the serene spectacles of Mr. Otto Bartels, who was sedulously studying a long row of figures on a reinsurance bordereau.
The watching group turned and followed her, and in a few seconds the gate was heard to slam shut behind them.
He heard other doors slam suggestively; and he laughed in spite of his astonishment.
For once he did not slam the outer door, although he very nearly did, and only caught it at the cost of a bruised finger.
Then, still acting the role she had played in earnest that afternoon, she explained importantly: "I always double a little slam on principle!
Fancy anyone's doubling a little slam bid on a hand like Carolyn Drake's--or even calling an informatory double in the first place!
But I agree with Carolyn, Hugo, that Karen is quite capable of making her little slam without your assistance.
You'd just told me about Sprague's warning Karen not to leave the table when she became dummy after Judge Marshall's little slam bid in spades.
Your raise to five makes a little slam obligatory, doesn't it, Nita?
For instance," Dundee answered, "it told me that it took approximately eight minutes to play out a little slam bid, when ordinarily it would have taken not more than two or three minutes.
Well, as I said, I always double a little slamon principle.
I heard the wicket slam and then I 'eard a cab drive off over the stones.
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