To shut (as a door or window) with a clap or explosive noise; to bang, slam. transitive. (Often with to). archaic or dialect.

transitive. To close (a door, etc.) with force, to slam. Cf. to, adv. 4. Obsolete.

To shut (a door, gate, etc.) sharply or with a slap. Also with to.

To shut (a door, window, etc.) with violence and noise; to bang; to close with unnecessary force. Also with adverbs, as down, to, up.

transitive. To slam, to bang (a door).

transitive (causal) To cause to flap; to move (any surface) percussively. Also, to shut (a door) to sharply.

To bring, put, or throw down with a smack or slap; to clap (the hands) together; to slam (a door) to. Also figurative.

transitive. To throw down heavily; to slam.

Used in many phrases and idiomatic expressions merely as a variant (more emphatic or expressive of greater violence) of throw or cast (see esp. cast…

Hence, in various const., expressing. violent action producing loud noise, as to bang off (a gun, music on a piano, etc.), and esp. to bang (a door)…