slamming

[slam-ing]

noun

Informal.

1. the switching of a customer's telephone or other public utility to another service provider without the customer's authorization.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slamming¹

1990–95; slam ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Gibby muttered something under her breath as Beejee left, slamming the apartment door behind him, but Michael couldn’t hear what she said.

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After slamming her “torpedo” into the side of the Housatonic, she reversed herself and had seemingly set course for her home base on Sullivan’s Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor.

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Had he been on another couple of minutes he might have had the chance to take a penalty which Hutchinson won - with England's Elliot Anderson slamming in for 3-1 instead.

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Video from a dashboard camera from ABC7 showed the semi truck slamming into the car in front of it and plowing ahead through passenger cars, then finally slamming into a truck.

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It is then seen slamming into the ground as a huge fireball erupts around it about a minute into its journey.

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