Bam

//bæm// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ned; a bampot. Scotland, slang
  2. 2
    An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. archaic, slang

    "To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams."

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Initialism of bile acid malabsorption. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    a sudden very loud noise wordnet
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  1. 6
    Initialism of business activity monitoring. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    Abbreviation of binary angular measurement abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat. archaic, slang

    "This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money"

  2. 2
    To jeer or make fun of. archaic, slang
Intj
  1. 1
    Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.

    "The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death."

  2. 2
    Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.

    "She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Baikal–Amur Mainline. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    The capital city of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.
  3. 3
    A county of Kerman Province, Iran.

Synonyms

All synonyms
bangbangbangblamblamblast

Example

More examples

"He said Iran asked that the trip be held in abeyance because of the acute problems in Bam, and said the Bush administration is not pursuing the idea any further for now."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from bamboozle.

Related phrases

wham, bam, thank you ma'am

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