slamming

American  

[slam-ing] / ˈslæm ɪŋ /

noun

Informal.

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

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Etymology

Origin of slamming

1990–95; slam ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Usually she’d dash into the better bathroom ahead of him, slamming the door shut, jabbing the lock, and shrieking, “Ha, ha, ha! Beat you! You snooze, you lose!”

From Literature

He missed the way she could always distract him when the house was full of screaming and slamming doors.

From Literature

Protesters had earlier held up banners slamming a range of issues, from the use of artificial snow and tree felling, to a housing crisis in the country's financial and fashion capital.

From Barron's

She tossed her backpack into the seat next to Bat and then slid into the front seat, slamming the door.

From Literature

The latter was also something Garcia took issue with Friday, slamming the Justice Department for continuing to withhold some of the files.

From Los Angeles Times