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Meanings of slam on in English

Spanish
embadurnar

Apply carelessly.

embadurnar
Synonyms
Examples for "slap on"
Examples for "slap on"
1
Editors regard adjudications as a slap on the wrist: They certainly don't.
The Guardian
2
The heat in the street is like a slap on the face.
L'Assommoir
3
Get some spandex, slap on some pockets and you're good to go.
Wired
4
Avoid the urge to slap on duct tape out in the field.
Climbing Magazine
5
The boy persists and she gives him a slap on the back.
The Fugitive
1
Instead, he gave him a perfunctory clap on the back in return.
Wizard and glass
2
Barillot, if there's any more talking I clap on fines all round!
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
3
We can neither switch off, down brakes, nor clap on more steam!
All Around the Moon
4
The news fell like a thunder- clap on Joan and her husband.
Joan of Naples / Celebrated Crimes
5
Throw off your moorings, then, and clap on sail, for we must go.'
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
Usage of slam on in English
1
PR Scotland to deny Ireland their grand slam on the final weekend.
The Guardian
2
I'm careful not to let the door slam on my way out.
The Hunger Pains
3
Is it best to slam on the brakes, turn, or start weaving?
Wired
4
I no longer fought my instinctive reaction to slam on the brakes.
Too close to home
5
After another long slam on the jug, I passed it to Fab.
Chump change: a novel
6
If the driver isn't paying attention it will slam on the brakes.
News.com.au
7
Without warning, Stobey feels a slam on the rear of her space-buggy.
A Grandpa's Notebook / Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Enc...
8
I had to slam on my brakes to avoid hitting his taxi.
Spitting off tall buildings
9
The driver of the compact had to slam on his brakes.
Rain gods
10
You slam on the brakes, quickly decelerating and getting thrown forward.
Wired
11
That's the handy thing about a prison-you'vegot doors to slam on them.
The Slab
12
I slam on my brakes, and my truck stops about five feet later.
In Time
13
He tried to sound the horn and slam on the brakes but nothing happened.
The draining lake
14
The 23-year-old then finished an alley-oop with a two-handed slam on the next possession.
Reuters
15
It must have been a heavy slam on you, Evaleen, when he dropped off.
A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
16
He heard a door slam on another car nearby.
Man on a leash
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