slammer

1. 1.

   a person who closes things violently

   “she's a dramatic slammer of doors”

   Broadercloser
2. 2.

   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)

   Synonymsjailjailhousegaolclinkpokypokey

   Broadercorrectional institution

   Narrowerbastilleholding cellhoosegowhouse of correctionlockupworkhouse

Other forms of slammer

plural

slammers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slammer

What does slammer mean?

slammer means "a person who closes things violently". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slammer?

slammer has 2 syllables: slam-mer. The stress falls on "slam". In IPA it is /ˈslæmɚ/.

What is another word for slammer?

Close synonyms include jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, poky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slammer a common word?

slammer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.