Mosh vs. Slam — What's the Difference?

To knock against others intentionally while dancing at a rock concert; slam-dance.

To shut with force and loud noise

(intransitive) To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.

To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise

(transitive) To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.

To hit or strike with great force.

The moshing style of dancing.

(Slang) To criticize harshly; censure forcefully.

Dance the slam dance

(Slang) To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down.

To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise.

To hit something with force; crash

A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.

A noise so produced.

An act of shutting forcefully and loudly

(Slang) A harsh or devastating criticism.

A poetry slam.

The winning of all the tricks or all but one during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.

A contract to make a slam.

To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)

(ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.

(intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.

 To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.

To defeat or overcome in a match.

To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.

To compete in a poetry slam.

(basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.

To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.

(transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.

To inject intravenously; shoot up.

To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.

To occupy and busy with a high workload.

To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

To make a slam bid.

(countable) A sudden impact or blow.

(countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.

A slam dunk.

One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.

An insult.

The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.

A poetry slam.

A slambook.

A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs

A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.

A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.

Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.

Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.

(obsolete) A shambling fellow.

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; - usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.

To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.

To strike down; to slaughter.

To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.

The act of one who, or that which, slams.

The shock and noise produced in slamming.

Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam or small slam).

The refuse of alum works.

Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

The noise made by the forcefaul impact of two objects

A forceful impact that makes a loud noise

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

Close violently;

Strike violently;

Dance the slam dance

Throw violently;