Usually means: Competitive performance of spoken poetry.
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  2. poetry slam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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▸ noun:  A competition at which poets (slam poets) recite their poems (slam poetry) before an audience and are given scores by judges.

Similar:
slam, little slam, pointscore, bouts-rimés, sing-off, pointscoring, jury, Serena Slam, Grand Slam, pun-off, more...

Opposite:
prose reading, storytelling, lecture

Phrases:
National Poetry Slam, approbation at a poetry slam, more...

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Similar:
slam, little slam, pointscore, bouts-rimés, sing-off, pointscoring, jury, Serena Slam, Grand Slam, pun-off, more...

Opposite:
prose reading, storytelling, lecture

Phrases:
National Poetry Slam, approbation at a poetry slam, more...



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