The meter's needle slammed against its pin, fell back to zero, stayed there.

A needle slammed into the door above him.

With a swift, sure hand, Webster spun the wheel and the needles slammed against the farther pins.

The needle slammed home in the side of his neck and he slumped.

Walt opened the anode-coupler circuit, and the needle of the output ammeter slammed across the scale and wound the needle halfway around the stop pin.

The needle on the e-meter slammed to the right.