Spam vs Slam - What's the difference?
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(uncountable, computing, Internet) A collection of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
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(uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
(countable, rare, computing, Internet) An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, usually by email or newsgroups.
(tinned meat product)
(intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
(transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
(transitive, by extension, video games) To relentlessly attack an enemy with (a spell or ability).
(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.
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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.
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(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.
As a proper noun spam
is tinned meat made mainly from ham by hormel foods corporation.As a verb 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.As a noun slam is
(countable) a sudden impact or blow or slam can be (obsolete) a type of card game, also called ruff and honours.spam
English
Noun
citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.}}
Derived terms
* * * * *Meronyms
* e-mail, emailVerb
(spamm)- Stop spamming that special attack!
See also
* *Official SPAM home page
Anagrams
*Usage notes
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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