slammer
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈslæmɚ/
- Slang
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cárcel
- Ben and Chon spent a couple of weeks in the slammer and then, well, vanished.
Examples
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Well, who spent five years in the slammer?
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I have a thousand things to do to prepare for it, and I'm stuck in the slammer!
Fiction book (1999) -
Tony wanted it even less because if the truth came out, it was the slammer for him.
Fiction book (1995) -
But, just for good measure, the police kept her in the slammer all night anyway.
Blog text (12) -
I did my three years in the slammer standing up... nobody made me a punk.
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Get him outta here before I kick his tail into the slammer and throw away the key.
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I'm telling you, we pull this job, we're all going to end up in the slammer.
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And when you're already in the slammer, what's another year or two?
Fiction book (2000) -
He ratted me out for immunity, and I did seven years in the slammer.
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After being arrested, she spent six months in the slammer before her trial.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people are kept as punishment or while waiting for their trial
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5.6
A place or situation that makes someone feel trapped
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4.1
A building where police keep people who are waiting for trial or serving a sentence
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5.5
A small room in a police station where police keep people temporarily
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9.9
A small jail where people wait for trial or serve short sentences
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8.6
A prison or jail where people are kept by the police
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9.9
A jail or prison where people go when they break the law
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8.9
A building that holds people as punishment for a crime
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9.9
A small, dirty local jail
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9.9
A prison where people are kept as punishment for a crime
A place where people are kept after being arrested
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slammer is slang formed from slam ('shut with force') plus -er, so picture heavy prison doors being 'slammed' shut — that's why slammer means a jail or prison.