to slam
23
7.5
- verb
- /slæm/
- Jargon
:
moshear
- At the punk rock concert, the crowd began to slam dance, losing themselves in the energetic music.
I couldn't think of a better thing for a a teenage boy to be doing than than slamming and thrashing in a pit.
- I couldn't think of a better thing for a a teenage boy to be doing than than slamming and thrashing in a pit.
Examples
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With a heart-stopping, guttural roar, the mob slammed into the advancing police line.
Fiction book (1996) -
As the band played their final song, fans surged forward and began to slam together in a wild dance.
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But when you come in to do it, you got to really, really, really slam--
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Fighting appears to be chaos and when we slam in a pit at a show, it is.
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While Marti looks on, the two men slam each other around the compartment.
Fiction book (1992) -
And they're trying to create a a mosh zone where it's like you open up a hole and then when the beat drops, everybody just kind of slams in there.
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When the beat dropped, everyone in the pit started to slam around, thrashing joyfully with enthusiasm.
Synonyms
3
7.9
Dance wildly and roughly at punk or metal concerts
1
9.0
Dance roughly by jumping and pushing in a crowd at loud concerts
1
8.7
To dance by bumping into other people on purpose, often at punk shows
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
14
6.0
Put something down hard so it makes a loud noise or quickly drink something
Compounds
3
3.4
A strong shot where a player jumps and puts the ball through the hoop with one or both hands
- Jargon
A style of dancing where people bump into each other on purpose, usually at punk shows
- Informal
A style of dancing where people push and bump into each other to loud music
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Etymology
To slam in a music crowd (the slam dance) means to dance or crash around in a wild, powerful way, and the name links to the idea of hitting or bumping into others at shows. So to slam here is to move with strong, energetic force like a physical strike.