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bam
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
Imitative.
Interjection
bam
- Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
- Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
Synonyms
- bang
- blam
- pow
- wham
- dishoom (India)
Etymology 2
Noun
bam (plural bams)
- (Scotland, slang) A ned; a bampot.
Etymology 3
Perhaps from bamboozle.
Noun
bam (plural bams)
- (slang, archaic) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Garrick to this entry?)
- 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns
- To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams.
Verb
bam (third-person singular simple present bams, present participle bamming, simple past and past participle bammed)
- (slang, archaic) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Foote to this entry?)
- 1747, David Garrick, Miss in Her Teens: or the Medley of Lovers, Act II, in The Plays of David Garrick: A Complete Collection of the Social Satires, French Adaptations, Pantomimes, Christmas and Musical Plays, Preludes, Interludes, and Burlesques, ed. Harry William Pedicord and Fredrick Louis Bergmann, vol. 1 (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980), 93, http://www.questia.com/read/59320440.
- I’ll break a lamp, bully a constable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.
- (slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of.
Etymology 4
Noun
bam (plural bams)
- Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Anagrams
- -mab, ABM, B. M. A., BMA, MAb, MBA, Mab, Mba, amb, amb., mAb, mab
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- baem (Late Old Frisian)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to grow”). Cognates include Old English b?am, Old Saxon b?m and Old Dutch b?m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?m/
Noun
b?m m
- tree
- bench
- seat
Inflection
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Most dialects: buum
- Heligoland: Booam
- Sylt: Boom
- Saterland Frisian: Boom
- West Frisian: beam
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
Old Saxon
Noun
b?m m
- Alternative form of bom
Pnar
Etymology
From Proto-Khasian *ba?m (“to eat”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *?aam (“to chew”). Cognate with Khasi bam, Blang [La Gang] pá?m, Ngeq ba?m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bam/
Verb
bam
- to eat
Volapük
Noun
bam (nominative plural bams)
- bench
- seat
Declension
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bpm
English
Noun
bpm (plural bpm)
- (music) Initialism of beat per minute.
Anagrams
- BMP, PBM, PMB
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