slammer
pronunciation
How to pronounce slammer in British English:
UK [ˈslæmə(r)]
How to pronounce slammer in American English:
US [ˈslæmɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person who closes things violently
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Word Origin
- slammer (n.)
- "jail, prison," 1952, perhaps from earlier U.S. slang sense of "door" (by 1943), agent noun from slam (v.). As "one who slams," from 1892.
Example
- 1. How was the slammer ? Anyone make you their bitch ?
- 2. Apologize to the tree or spend the night in the slammer .
- 3. Use your business savvy to help lynette repurchase her company and send her husband to the slammer .
- 4. I heard you was in the slammer .
- 5. He 's doing five to ten years in the slammer .