English Dictionary

slammer

noun

One who, or that which, slams. / (slang, usually "the slammer") jail, prison. / A tequila cocktail that is slammed onto a surface to induce fizzing. / One who takes part in slam-dance.

The slammer was filled with dangerous criminals.

意味（1）

One who, or that which, slams.

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

意味（2）

(slang, usually "the slammer") jail, prison.

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.

意味（3）

A tequila cocktail that is slammed onto a surface to induce fizzing.

意味（4）

One who takes part in slam-dance.

意味（5）

One who competes in a poetry slam.

意味（6）

In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.

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.

意味（7）

(UK, slang) A slam-door train.

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.