"slam down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-slam down.wav [US] Forms: slams down [present, singular, third-person], slamming down [participle, present], slammed down [participle, past], slammed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slam down (third-person singular simple present slams down, present participle slamming down, simple past and past participle slammed down)
  1. (slang, idiomatic, transitive) To eat or drink (something) quickly. Tags: idiomatic, slang, transitive Synonyms: scarf down, gobble down, gobble, house Coordinate_terms: choke down
    Sense id: en-slam_down-en-verb-en:gobble_down Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slam, down. Related terms: hang up
    Sense id: en-slam_down-en-verb-en:literal Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Inflected forms

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