The difference between Insult and Slam
When used as nouns, insult means an action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude, whereas slam means a sudden impact or blow.
When used as verbs, insult means to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody), whereas slam means to shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
check bellow for the other definitions of Insult and Slam
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Insult as a verb (transitive):
To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
Examples:
"RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It act=III scene=v page=199 column=2 passage=And why I pray you? who might be your mother / That you inſult, exult, and all at once / Ouer the wretched?"
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Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over or against someone).
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Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
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Insult as a noun:
An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
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Insult as a noun:
Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
Examples:
"The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears."
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Insult as a noun (medicine):
Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
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Insult as a noun (obsolete):
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Slam as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
Examples:
"Don't slam the door!"
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Slam as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
Examples:
"Don't slam that trunk down on the pavement!"
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Slam as a verb (transitive):
To strike forcefully with some implement.
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Slam as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
Examples:
"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."
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Slam as a verb (basketball):
To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
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Slam as a verb (intransitive, bridge):
To make a slam bid.
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Slam as a verb (transitive, card games):
To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Examples:
"rfquotek Hoyle"
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Slam as a verb (transitive, slang):
to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
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Slam as a verb:
to drink off, to drink quickly
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Slam as a verb:
to compete in a poetry slam
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Slam as a verb (transitive, drugs, slang):
to inject intravenously; shoot up
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Slam as a noun (countable):
A sudden impact or blow.
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Slam as a noun (countable):
The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
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Slam as a noun (countable, basketball):
A slam dunk.
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Slam as a noun (countable, colloquial, US):
An insult.
Examples:
"I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes."
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Slam as a noun (uncountable):
The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
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Slam as a noun:
A poetry slam.
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Slam as a noun (UK, dialect):
The refuse of alum works.
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Slam as a noun (obsolete):
A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
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Slam as a noun (cards):
Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
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Slam as a noun (countable, bridge):
A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
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Slam as a noun (sports):
Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
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Slam as a verb (transitive, card games):
To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
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Slam as a noun (obsolete):
A shambling fellow.