Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SLAM, v.t. [Ice. lema, to strike, Old Eng. lam; Sax. hlemman, to sound.]

1. To strike with force and noise; to shut with violence; as, to slam a door.
2. To beat; to cuff. [Local.] – Grose.
3. To strike down; to slaughter. [Local.]
4. To win all the tricke in a hand; as we say, to take all at a stroke or dash.