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slam
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /slæm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”).
Verb
slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- 1742, Edmond Hoyle, A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist
- D having seven Spades in his Hand wins them, and consequently slams A and B
- 1742, Edmond Hoyle, A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist
- (transitive, slang) To change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
Synonyms
- (drink quickly): See also Thesaurus:drink
- (shoot up): bang
Derived terms
- slam the door on
- slam on the brakes
Translations
Noun
slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- 1981, Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”, A Light in the Attic, Harper & Row:
- How many slams in an old screen door? / Depends how loud you shut it.
- 1981, Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”, A Light in the Attic, Harper & Row:
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A poetry slam.
- A slambook.
- 2017, Mark Duffett, Fan Identities and Practices in Context: Dedicated to Music (page 194)
- Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos.
- 2017, Mark Duffett, Fan Identities and Practices in Context: Dedicated to Music (page 194)
- (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
- (music) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)
- (uncountable, obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- 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.
- Synonym: spit
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
Derived terms
- grand slam
- little slam
Verb
slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)
- (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Etymology 3
Compare Dutch slomp, German Schlampe.
Noun
slam (plural slams)
- (obsolete) A shambling fellow.
Anagrams
- AMLs, AMSL, LAMs, Lams, MASL, SAML, alms, lams, mals, masl, salm
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?slam]
Noun
slam
- genitive plural of sláma
French
Noun
slam m (plural slams)
- poetry slam
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slam]
Noun
slam
- dative of sl?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Schlamm
Noun
slam n (definite singular slammet, uncountable)
- mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slurry
References
- “slam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “slam” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Schlamm
Noun
slam n (definite singular slammet, uncountable)
- mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slurry
References
- “slam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Volapük
Proper noun
slam
- Islam
Declension
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tap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæp/, [t?æp]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /t??p/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
From Middle English tappe, from Old English tæppa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô. The verb is from Middle English tappen, from Old English tæppian, from Proto-Germanic *tapp?n?, from the noun.
Noun
tap (plural taps)
- A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- Synonyms: spigot, spile
- A device used to dispense liquids.
- Synonyms: faucet, handle, spigot, spout
- Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
- A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
- Synonyms: taproom, bar
- (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
- A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
- An interception of communication by authority.
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. [from 20th c.]
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
- Synonym: paracentesis
- (finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- tap issue; a bond tap
Derived terms
- tapless
- taproom
- taproot
- tap water
Translations
Verb
tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)
- To furnish with taps.
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To exploit.
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. [from 19th c.]
- To intercept a communication without authority.
- Synonym: eavesdrop
- (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
- (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
- (informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
- To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
Derived terms
- on tap
- on the tap
- tap into
- tapped out
- tap to pay
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English tappen, teppen, from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tapp?n, *dabb?n (“to strike”) or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen ("to tap, rap, strike"); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dab- (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?Ab?- (“to beat, strike, stun, be speechless”). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble”), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap”). Related to dab.
Verb
tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)
- To strike lightly. [from early 13th c.]
- To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- Synonyms: hit, patter, pound, rap, strike; see also Thesaurus:hit
- To make a sharp noise.
- Synonyms: hit, bang, ping, rap
- (graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- Coordinate term: click
- To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. [from mid-20th c.]
- (slang, vulgar, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- Synonyms: go to bed with, hit, sleep with, wap; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- Synonym: tap out
- (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
- Synonym: tap out
- To put a new sole or heel on.
Translations
Noun
tap (plural taps)
- A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- each of them shakes her Fan at me with a smile , then gives her right-hand woman a tap upon the shoulder
- (dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The act of touching a touch screen.
- Coordinate term: click
- A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- Synonym: heeltap
- (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [?] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- Synonym: flap
Translations
Etymology 3
Hindi [Term?]
Noun
tap
- An Indian malarial fever.
References
Anagrams
- APT, ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TPA, ap't, apt, apt., pat
Albanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
tap
- struck, hit
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?tap/
- Rhymes: -ap
Noun
tap m (plural taps)
- tap, spigot
- (castells) A casteller inserted into an empty space in a pinya to make it more compact
Derived terms
- ésser un tap de barral
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Danish tapp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tap/, [?t??b?]
Noun
tap c (singular definite tappen, plural indefinite tappe or tapper)
- (mechanics) protruding component of a device
- (anatomy) cone cell
- (informal) penis
- (erotic literature) clitoris
- 2014, Hans Otto Jørgensen, Ove gasser op: Udvalgte noveller, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
- Hun kælede for hullet med spidsen, krængede lapperne yderligere, og så fandeme kom også dér tappen til syne.
- 2014, 2016, Christian Møgeltoft, Uskyld, Lindhardt og Ringhof (?ISBN)
- Da hans tunge fandt den lille hårde tap, klynkede hun som et barn, der bliver slået.
- 2014, Hans Otto Jørgensen, Ove gasser op: Udvalgte noveller, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
Inflection
Etymology 2
Acronym of teknisk-administrativt personale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tap/, [?t??b?]
Noun
tap c (singular definite tap'en, plural indefinite tap'er)
- member of technical and administrative staff
Inflection
Etymology 3
Verb
tap
- imperative of tappe
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tappe (“closing pin, stopper”), from Old Dutch *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?p/
- Hyphenation: tap
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
tap m (plural tappen, diminutive tapje n)
- tap
Usage notes
Although this term can be used to mean a tap from which water flows, this usage is rare; the more common term is kraan. It is most commonly used to refer to a beer tap.
Synonyms
- kraan
Derived terms
- biertap
- flappentap
- tapbier
- tappen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tap
Icelandic
Etymology
From tapa (“to lose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?a?p/
- Rhymes: -a?p
Noun
tap n (genitive singular taps, nominative plural töp)
- loss, damage
Declension
Related terms
- tapa
K'iche'
Noun
tap
- (Classical K'iche') crab
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tap/
Verb
tap
- to make something burn
- to make something stick
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Middle English
Verb
tap
- Alternative form of tappen (“to touch gently”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??p/
Noun
tap n (definite singular tapet, indefinite plural tap, definite plural tapa or tapene)
- (a) loss
Derived terms
Related terms
- tape (Etymology 2)
References
- “tap” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??p/
Noun
tap n (definite singular tapet, indefinite plural tap, definite plural tapa)
- (a) loss, defeat
Derived terms
References
- “tap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tap/
Adverb
tap (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)
- Co-lexicalized intensifier
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
Semai
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Pacoh tâp (“to bury”), Riang [Lang] tap² ("to dam"), Mal t?ap ("to bury"), Mon ????? (“to bury”), Vietnamese ??p (“to cover something with a layer”).
Verb
tap
- to bury
Synonyms
- (to bury): choop
- (to plant): chet
References
Spanish
Noun
tap m (uncountable)
- tap, tap dancing
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