different between slammer vs spammer

English

Etymology

slam +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æm?(r)

Noun

slammer (plural slammers)

1. One who, or that which, slams.
   • 1989, Jane Howard, Margaret Mead: A Life (page 27)

     Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.

2. (slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
   • 1971, "Better Than Prison," Time, 7 Jun.,

     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.

3. A tequila cocktail.
4. One who takes part in slam-dance.
5. One who competes in a poetry slam.
6. In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.
7. (Britain, slang) A slam-door train.

Derived terms

• Alabama slammer

Translations

Anagrams

• lammers

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æm?(r)

Etymology 1

From spam +? -er.

Noun

spammer (plural spammers)

1. (computing, Internet) Someone who sends spam.

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of space +? hammer

Noun

spammer (plural spammers)

1. A spring-loaded mechanical hammer specially adapted to be used in microgravity.

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English spammer.

Noun

spammer c (singular definite spammeren, plural indefinite spammere)

1. (computing, Internet) Someone who sends spam, a spammer.

Inflection

Etymology 2

See spamme.

Verb

spammer

1. present of spamme

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English spammer. Equivalent to spammen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: spam?mer

Noun

spammer m (plural spammers)

1. A spammer.

French

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English spammer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa.mœ?/

Noun

spammer m (plural spammers)

1. (computing, Internet) Someone who sends spam, a spammer.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa.me/

Verb

spammer

1. (computing, Internet) To spam.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (a spammer) spammeur

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spame?/, [?spa.me?]

• IPA^(key): /es?pame?/, [es?pa.me?]

Noun

spammer m (plural spammeres)

1. spammer