Synonyms of the word

slam

• v. (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by…
• v. (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
• v. (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
• v. (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
• v. (transitive) to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without…
• v. to drink off, to drink quickly.
• v. to compete in a poetry slam.
• v. (transitive, drugs, slang) to inject intravenously; shoot up.
• n. (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
• n. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
• n. (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
• n. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
• n. (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
• n. A poetry slam.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
• n. (obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
• n. (card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
• n. (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

bang

• n. A sudden percussive noise.
• n. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
• n. An explosion.
• n. (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
• n. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
• n. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
• n. (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
• n. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
• n. (slang, mining) An explosive product.
• n. (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
• v. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
• v. (slang, figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse.
• v. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
• v. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
• adv. Right, directly.
• adv. Precisely.
• adv. With a sudden impact.
• interj. a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.
• n. (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

barb

• n. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted…
• n. (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
• n. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
• n. Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
• n. (ornithology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
• n. (zoology) Several species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid family.
• n. (zoology) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States;…
• n. (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
• n. (zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
• n. (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
• n. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands…
• n. (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
• n. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their…
• v. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear,…
• v. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
• v. (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
• v. (obsolete) To clip; to mow.
• n. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
• n. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

close

• v. (physical) To remove a gap.
• v. (social) To finish, to terminate.
• v. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
• v. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
• n. An end or conclusion.
• n. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
• n. A grapple in wrestling.
• n. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
• n. (music) A double bar marking the end.
• adj. (now rare) Closed, shut.
• adj. Narrow; confined.
• adj. At a little distance; near.
• adj. Intimate; well-loved.
• adj. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
• adj. (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
• adj. (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
• adj. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
• adj. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
• adj. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
• adj. Short.
• adj. (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
• adj. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
• adj. (dated) Difficult to obtain.
• adj. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
• adj. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
• adj. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
• adj. Marked, evident.
• n. (now rare) An enclosed field.
• n. (Britain) A street that ends in a dead end.
• n. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the…
• n. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
• n. A cathedral close.
• n. (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.

comment

• n. A spoken remark.
• n. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
• v. (transitive) To remark.
• v. (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

dance

• n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social…
• n. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
• n. (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center…
• n. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
• n. (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
• n. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
• v. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
• v. (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
• v. (transitive) To perform the steps to.
• v. (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.

dig

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole…
• v. (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
• v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
• v. (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
• v. To thrust; to poke.
• v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball.
• n. An archeological investigation.
• n. (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
• n. A thrust; a poke.
• n. (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
• n. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
• v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
• v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.

gibe

• n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.

hit

• v. (heading, physical) To strike.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
• v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
• v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
• v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
• v. (heading, games) To make a play.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
• n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
• n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
• n. An attack on a location, person or people.
• n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
• n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
• n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
• n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
• n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
• n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
• n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
• n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
• adj. Designating of a popular song.
• pron. (dialectal) It.

impact

• n. The striking of one body against another; collision.
• n. The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
• n. (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
• n. A significant or strong influence; an effect.
• v. (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press or pack together.
• v. (transitive, proscribed) To influence; to affect; to have an impact on.
• v. (transitive) To collide or strike.

jibe

• n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
• v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
• v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

mosh

• v. (intransitive) To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers,…
• v. (transitive) To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.

noise

• n. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
• n. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio).
• n. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within…
• n. Rumour or complaint.
• n. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
• n. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
• v. (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
• v. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

remark

• n. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
• n. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something worth attention…
• n. A casual observation, comment, or statement.
• n. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque.
• v. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
• v. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to…
• v. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
• v. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a…
• n. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
• v. Alternative spelling of re-mark.

shaft

• n. (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
• n. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
• n. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
• n. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed…
• n. A beam or ray of light.
• n. The main axis of a feather.
• n. (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
• n. A long, narrow passage sunk into the earth, either natural or for artificial.
• n. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
• n. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
• n. (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pediment.
• n. The main cylindrical part of the penis.
• n. The chamber of a blast furnace.
• v. (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
• v. (transitive) To equip with a shaft.
• v. (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

shot

• adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
• adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an…
• adj. Tired, weary.
• adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
• n. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
• n. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
• n. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
• n. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
• n. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
• n. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly.
• n. An opportunity or attempt.
• n. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
• n. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
• n. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle,…
• n. A single serving of espresso.
• n. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent;…
• n. A vaccination or injection.
• n. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is…
• n. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
• n. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
• n. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
• n. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
• v. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
• n. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
• interj. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.

shut

• v. (transitive) To close, to stop from being open.
• v. (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, chiefly Britain) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be…
• v. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
• adj. closed.
• n. The act or time of shutting; close.
• n. A door or cover; a shutter.
• n. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
• n. (Britain, Shropshire dialect) A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between…

sweep

• v. (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
• v. (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
• v. (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
• v. (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
• v. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom.
• v. (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
• v. (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that…
• v. (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
• v. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
• v. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
• v. To strike with a long stroke.
• v. (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
• v. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
• n. A single action of sweeping.
• n. The person who steers a dragon boat.
• n. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
• n. A chimney sweep.
• n. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
• n. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
• n. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team…
• n. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
• n. (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
• n. Violent and general destruction.
• n. (metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
• n. (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
• n. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
• n. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
• n. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
• n. (refining, obsolete) The almond furnace.
• n. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise…
• n. Any of the blades of a windmill.
• n. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
• n. Any of several sea chubs in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

thrash

• v. To beat mercilessly.
• v. To defeat utterly.
• v. To thresh.
• v. To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
• v. (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior…
• v. (computing) In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
• n. A beat or blow; the sound of beating.
• n. (music) A particularly aggressive and intense form of heavy metal music with a focus on speed, technical…

throw

• v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
• v. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
• v. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
• v. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
• v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
• v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during…
• v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
• v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
• v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
• v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
• v. (transitive) To imprison.
• v. To organize an event, especially a party.
• v. To roll (a die or dice).
• v. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
• v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
• v. (transitive) To subject someone to verbally.
• v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
• v. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
• v. (transitive) To project or send forth.
• v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
• v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles,…
• v. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role…
• n. The flight of a thrown object.
• n. The act of throwing something.
• n. One's ability to throw.
• n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
• n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
• n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
• n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
• n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
• v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
• n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
• n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
• n. Misspelling of throe.

triumph

• n. A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
• n. A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
• n. (obsolete) Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
• n. A state of joy or exultation at success.
• n. (obsolete) A trump card.
• n. A card game, also called trump.
• n. (historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement…
• n. A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
• v. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
• v. To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
• v. To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
• v. To be prosperous; to flourish.
• v. To play a trump in a card game.

victory

• n. (countable) An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort.
• n. (uncountable) The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort.
• n. (countable) A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory.
• v. (rare) To achieve a victory.