different between blam vs accuse

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [?blæm], [?blam]
• Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

By onomatopoeia.

Noun

blam (plural blams)

1. A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot

   He kicked in the door with a blam.

Interjection

blam

1. A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot

   That the last zombie? Here. Let me get that for ya. *BLAM!*

Verb

blam (third-person singular simple present blams, present participle blamming, simple past and past participle blammed) (slang, MLE, regional African-American Vernacular)

1. (intransitive) To shoot, to let gunfire pass.
2. (transitive) To shoot, to kill by gunshot.

Derived terms

• blam up (“= to shoot up”) 

Etymology 2

Blend of blog +? spam

Noun

blam (uncountable)

1. (Internet, informal) spam posted to a blog
   • 2012, Martin Peitz, Joel Waldfogel, The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy

     […] we refer to unsolicited and unwanted advertising as spam. The phenomenon is widespread, and has led people to coin terms for it in other information product or service contexts, such as splog or blam (unsolicited advertisements in blog comments), spim (instant messaging), […]

Anagrams

• ALBM, BAML, LBMA, Lamb, balm, lamb

Middle English

Noun

blam

1. (rare) Alternative form of blame

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Back-formation from blamírati.

Noun

bl?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (Serbia, colloquial) (feeling of) embarrassment

Related terms

• blamáža (“(an instance of) embarrassment”)
• blamírati (“to embarrass”)

English

Etymology

First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin acc?s? (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kyo?oz?, IPA^(key): /??kju?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kjuz/
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Hyphenation: ac?cuse

Verb

accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)

1. (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
2. (transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence

   Synonyms: charge, indict, impeach, arraign

3. (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone

   Synonyms: blame, censure, reproach, criminate

Usage notes

• (legal): When used this way accused is followed by the word of.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

accuse (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Accusation.

Further reading

• accuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• accuse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• accuse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cuecas

French

Verb

accuse

1. first-person singular present indicative of accuser
2. third-person singular present indicative of accuser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
5. second-person singular imperative of accuser

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uze

Noun

accuse f

1. plural of accusa

Portuguese

Verb

accuse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of accusar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of accusar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of accusar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of accusar