slam-clicker
slam-clicker noun: an unsociable crewmember who prefers to stay in his or her hotel room between flights.
Noun
slam-clicker (plural slam-clickers)
- An unsociable crewmember who prefers to stay in his or her hotel room between flights.
- The pilots taunt me: “Slam-clicker” (a crew member who goes straight to his or her room and doesn’t come out). That’s me tonight.1982, Working Woman (Hal Publications), volume 7, issues 7–12, page 225
- I’m going to call them Honest Eyes until I know if they are,
in the interval called slam-clicker, Realm of Pacific, […]1999, David Berman, Actual Air (Open City Books), poem “Cassette County”, page 19
Forms of slam-clicker
| plural | slam-clickers |
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Origin of slam-clicker
From slam + click + -er, suggesting the sound of closing and locking a door.
Questions about slam-clicker
- What does slam-clicker mean?
- Slam-clicker means an unsociable crewmember who prefers to stay in his or her hotel room between flights.
- What part of speech is slam-clicker?
- Slam-clicker is a noun.
- What is the plural of slam-clicker?
- The plural of slam-clicker is slam-clickers.
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