Definition

Noun: 1. A prison or jail: A slang term for a correctional institution where people are held in legal custody, either while awaiting trial or while serving a sentence. 2. A person who closes things violently: Someone who habitually shuts doors, windows, or other objects with great force and noise.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Prison):
  • After the robbery, he spent ten years in the slammer.
  • The judge threatened to send the repeat offender back to the slammer.
• Noun (Person):
  • My brother is such a slammer; you can always hear him coming from the way he shuts doors.
  • Tell the kids not to be slammers when they leave the room.

Advanced Usage

• The term "slammer" for prison is informal and carries a connotation of harshness or finality, emphasizing the act of being locked away.
• When referring to a person, it is often used in a descriptive, slightly critical way to comment on someone's forceful habits.

Variants and Related Words

• Slam (verb): To shut with force and loud noise.
• Slam (noun): The act or sound of slamming.

Synonyms

• For the prison meaning: jail, penitentiary, the clink (slang), the big house (slang), lockup.
• For the person meaning: noisy closer, door-banger (informal).

Related Idioms

• "Throw someone in the slammer": To send someone to prison.
  • The corrupt official was finally thrown in the slammer.

Noun

1. 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)
2. a person who closes things violently
   • she's a dramatic slammer of doors