slam – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of slam

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to slam
Participle: slammed
Gerund: slamming

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of slam

Indicative

Present

Islam
youslam
he;she;itslams
weslam
youslam
theyslam

Perfect

Ihave slammed
youhave slammed
he;she;ithas slammed
wehave slammed
youhave slammed
theyhave slammed

Past

Islammed
youslammed
he;she;itslammed
weslammed
youslammed
theyslammed

Pluperfect

Ihad slammed
youhad slammed
he;she;ithad slammed
wehad slammed
youhad slammed
theyhad slammed

Future

Iwill slam
youwill slam
he;she;itwill slam
wewill slam
youwill slam
theywill slam

Future Perfect

Iwill have slammed
youwill have slammed
he;she;itwill have slammed
wewill have slammed
youwill have slammed
theywill have slammed

Subjunctive

Present

Islam
youslam
he;she;itslam
weslam
youslam
theyslam

Perfect

Ihave slammed
youhave slammed
he;she;ithave slammed
wehave slammed
youhave slammed
theyhave slammed

Imperfect

Islammed
youslammed
he;she;itslammed
weslammed
youslammed
theyslammed

Pluperfect

Ihad slammed
youhad slammed
he;she;ithad slammed
wehad slammed
youhad slammed
theyhad slammed

Conditional

Present

Iwould slam
youwould slam
he;she;itwould slam
wewould slam
youwould slam
theywould slam

Perfect

Iwould have slammed
youwould have slammed
he;she;itwould have slammed
wewould have slammed
youwould have slammed
theywould have slammed

Imperative

youslam
weLet's slam
youslam

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam slamming
youare slamming
he;she;itis slamming
weare slamming
youare slamming
theyare slamming

Perfect

Ihave been slamming
youhave been slamming
he;she;ithas been slamming
wehave been slamming
youhave been slamming
theyhave been slamming

Past

Iwas slamming
youwere slamming
he;she;itwas slamming
wewere slamming
youwere slamming
theywere slamming

Pluperfect

Ihad been slamming
youhad been slamming
he;she;ithad been slamming
wehad been slamming
youhad been slamming
theyhad been slamming

Future

Iwill be slamming
youwill be slamming
he;she;itwill be slamming
wewill be slamming
youwill be slamming
theywill be slamming

Future Perfect

Iwill have been slamming
youwill have been slamming
he;she;itwill have been slamming
wewill have been slamming
youwill have been slamming
theywill have been slamming

Conditional

Present

Iwould be slamming
youwould be slamming
he;she;itwould be slamming
wewould be slamming
youwould be slamming
theywould be slamming

Perfect

Iwould have been slamming
youwould have been slamming
he;she;itwould have been slamming
wewould have been slamming
youwould have been slamming
theywould have been slamming

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'slam'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'slam'

clam, flam, glam, lam, salam, sam, scam, seam, sham, slab,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drink quickly
drink
to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”). See: Norwegian 'slamre', Swedish 'slamra', Norwegian, nynorsk 'slamra'.

Verbs referencing "slam"

German, old spelling schlemmen.

Sample Sentences

  • Don't slam the door!
  • Britain’s borders: wide open to Covid, slammed shut for people in need [title] [2021 May 19, George Monbiot, “Britain’s borders: wide open to Covid, slammed shut for people in need”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
  • Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!
  • The New South Wales police commissioner has defended the officer who was filmed slamming an Indigenous boy face-first on to a pavement in Sydney, saying the officer “had a bad day”. [2020 June 3, Michael McGowan, “NSW police commissioner says officer who slammed Indigenous teen to ground ‘had a bad day’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
  • But Wolves went in front when Steven Fletcher headed in Stephen Hunt's cross and it was 2-0 when Geoffrey Mujangi Bia slammed in his first for the club. [2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC:]
  • The boat slammed into the bank and we were almost thrown into the river.
  • The 6-ton fishing boat Kuanghua 15638 was slammed by the communist vessel near the Liuchuan reefs off the coast of Chukuang and drifted toward Nanchu after the collision. [1978 January 5 [1977 December 30], “PRC Vessel Collides with ROC Fishing Boat off Matsu”, in Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, volume IV, number 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B 2:]
  • Seven people were killed and 66 injured after a High Speed Train slammed into a stationary vehicle that had been parked across the main line by a suicidal driver. [2021 February 24, Paul Stephen, “Level crossings are one of our key risk areas”, in RAIL, number 925, page 46:]
  • They want me nicked, they want me slammed
  • Fuckin' snitch had me on remand [2020 April 15, Tremz, “Lightwork Freestyle”:]
  • The Armenian football team has slammed the Turks 6–0.
  • 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.
  • For years we have kept our mouths shut about Rita Mae, always reluctant to slam one of our own, particularly one who used to be pretty good. [1988 December 11, Susana Darwin, “Keep Editing, Rita Mae”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:]
  • Roger Stone slammed Ivanka Trump after not getting pardoned, video shows[.] Republican operative calls Trump an ‘abortionist bitch’ in video released by film-maker who provided footage to January 6 panel[.] [2022 October 15, Martin Pengelly, “Roger Stone slammed Ivanka Trump after not getting pardoned, video shows”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
  • On Twitter, United We Dream, an immigrant youth-led rights group, slammed Biden’s new policy “a racist and classist attack” on migrants. [2023 January 8, Edwin Rios, “Biden’s ‘carrot and stick’ approach to deter migrants met with anger”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
  • He continued to slam the “stupid” and “foolish” Republicans who have fallen for the Epstein “hoax” while speaking with reporters in the Oval Office later Wednesday morning, as he and other administration officials were meeting with the leader of Bahrain. [2025 July 16, Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng, “Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a ‘hoax’ and turns on Maga ‘weaklings’”, in Rolling Stone:]
  • 17 slam some go juice Big project this afternoon? In stressful situations, glucose-rich drinks improve mood and mental performance, say Dutch researchers. [2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134:]
  • I mentioned earlier how many people will draw lines in the sand that they'll never cross: some won't try Tina, others will never slam. [2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:]
  • Your bird's textin' me
  • 'Tremzy is the man,'
  • You be tryna call her but she's busy gettin' slammed
  • The way she's gettin' doggied you would think she's tryna dance [2015, Tremz, “Sketty Bums Get Wild”:]
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:slam. And Citations:slammed.
  • Slamming was formerly disregarded, not being considered a good property, as birds singing their natural note (those caught after moulting in the fields) were distinctly designated rough slamming birds. [1860, Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature, page 316:]