- 1[usually singular] an act of slamming something; the noise of something being slammed She gave the door a good hard slam. The front door closed with a slam. see also grand slam
- 2a competition in which people perform their poems to an audience, which chooses a winner A poetry slam with cash prizes will be among the social events. see also spoken word Word Originlate 17th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse slam(b)ra.
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