Slam vs Gulp - What's the difference?
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(ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
(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.)
To strike forcefully with some implement.
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(colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
(basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
(bridge) To make a slam bid.
(card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
to drink off, to drink quickly
to compete in a poetry slam
(countable) A sudden impact or blow.
(countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
* (Charles Dickens)
(countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
(countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
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A poetry slam.
(UK, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
(obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
(cards) 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.
(card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
The usual amount swallowed.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
The sound of swallowing.
A sound of swallowing indicating fear.
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* 1994 , James Charles Collins, Jerry I. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.
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* Fielding
To react nervously by swallowing.
* 1930 , P. G. Wodehouse, A Damsel in Distress , 2004, page 198
* 2003 , Carl Deuker, High Heat , page 140
* 2006 , Nancy Anne Nicholson, Thin White Female in No Acute Distress: A Memoir , page 187
Indication of an involuntary fear reaction.
* 1982 , Gary Smalley, If Only He Knew , page 163
As verbs the difference between slam and gulp
is that slam is (ergative) to shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise or slam can be (card games) to defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand while gulp is to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.As nouns the difference between slam and gulp
is that slam is (countable) a sudden impact or blow or slam can be (obsolete) a type of card game, also called ruff and honours while gulp is the usual amount swallowed.As an interjection gulp is
indication of an involuntary fear reaction.slam
English
Etymology 1
Apparently from a Scandinavian source; compare Norwegian slamre, Swedish slemma.Verb
(slamm)- Don't slam the door!
- Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!
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- Don't ever slam me in front of the boss like that again!
- Union leaders slammed the new proposals.
- Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless.
- (Hoyle)
Synonyms
* (drink quickly) See alsoDerived terms
* slam the door on * slam on the brakesNoun
- The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
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Etymology 2
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* grand slamVerb
(slamm)Anagrams
* English ergative verbs ----gulp
English
Noun
(en noun)- What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.
- Little Stanislovas was also trembling, and all but too frightened to speak. "They — they sent me to tell you — " he said, with a gulp .
- Indeed, the envisioned future should produce a bit of "the gulp' factor" […], there should be an almost audible "' gulp ".
Verb
(en verb)- He does not swallow, but he gulps it down.
- The old man glibly gulped down the whole narrative.
- The man eyed Percy with a chilly eye. "Well," he said, "What's troublin you?" Percy gulped . The man's mere appearance was a sedative. "Er-nothing! […]"
- I'd always been nervous-excited; this was nervous-terrified. When I finished puking, I sat down gulping air for a while, trying to pull myself together.
- My heart was beating madly and I was gulping nervous energy.
Synonyms
* See alsoInterjection
(en interjection)- "Honey, I know you want to go to their home next week, hut there's one thing that keeps happening when we're together that really drives me away from social gatherings in general. (Oh, what is it … gulp'.) Well, I'm not sure I can really explain it without offending you. ('''Gulp''', ' gulp .) Do you really want to talk about it? (Yes.) […]"