slammer

/ˈslamə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈslamə/

slammer

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

slam - mer -> slammer

Myanmar meaning

the slammer [sing] (sl) ထောင်။

Full entry

slammer /'slæmå(r)/ n

the slammer [sing] (sl ) ထောင်။

More examples

‘Isn't it time some of the big-time dippers spent some time in the slammer as well?’
‘And I could have you spending the night in the slammer with one single phone call.’
‘I now hear Pauline is being put into the slammer for three years!’
‘The CEO faces 25 years in the slammer for ‘false financial filings’.’
‘Community service was firmly out of the question, and he was sent to the slammer for 10 years, eventually being transferred to Alcatraz.’
‘But the reality is that people may not have had a conviction for the last 10 years because they have been inside the slammer.’
‘During a recent show in Oklahoma, Tillman's response to unappreciative fans got him tossed in the slammer.’
‘And Luke really didn't think he'd handle the slammer very well.’
‘The guy broke out of the slammer and shot her at point blank range.’
‘After Obeidi got out of Army slammer, the CIA started hedging on its promises to get him out of the country.’
‘A guilt-ridden Jack quickly turns himself in for the hit-and-run, and is sent back to the slammer, his faith in God severely shaken.’
‘But on balance I think I'd stop short of sticking them in the slammer for 5 years.’
‘Your mom just got my big brother stuck in the slammer.’
‘It's a lot worse being in jail, and you don't honestly deserve to be in the slammer.’
‘Not even Judge Whitten, we hope, would throw a 6-year-old girl in the slammer for writing a book report.’
‘Perhaps it is you that corrupts whatever guy you get to know since we all seem destined for the slammer!’
‘For black males, the chances of ending up in the slammer are 1 in 3; for Hispanics, 1 in 6; for whites, 1 in 17.’
‘Apparently, it is the intention of prisoners abroad that no other Brits will ever be housed in Uncle Joe's slammer again.’
‘We have been tortured for 30 years for no reason and I would like to see some of them doing 30 years in the slammer.’
‘Either they could spend 60 days in the slammer with no chance of parole, and pay a hefty fine, or they could go for the second option.’

Synonyms

G, POW camp, access, aperture, bar, barrier, bastille, big cage, big house, big school, black hole, brig, building, bullpen, cage, calaboose, camp, campus, can, cell, city hotel, clink, college, concentration camp, conduit, confinement, cooler, coop, corral, correctional facility, correctional institution, detention camp, detention facility, door, doorway, dungeon, egress, enclosure; jail, entry, entryway, exit, fence, gate, gateway, guardhouse, hatch, hatchway, hoosegow, house of correction, house of detention, icebox, ingress, inside, issue, jail, jailhouse, joint, keep, labor camp, lock, lockup, military prison, opening, passage, pen, penal colony, penal institution, penitentiary, pokey, port, portal, portcullis, postern, pound, prison, prison camp, prisoner-of-war camp, protection, rack, reformatory, revolving door, solitary, statesville, stir, stockade, sty, tank, the river, turnstile, up the river, way, weir

Antonyms

conclusion