bam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Interjection

bam

1. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.

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

2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.

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

Noun

bam (plural bams)

1. (Scotland, slang) ned, bampot.
2. (slang, archaic) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Garrick to this entry?)

   • Prof. Wilson

     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)

1. (slang, archaic) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Foote to this entry?)

   • David Garrick, 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 con stable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.

2. (slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of.

Noun

bam (plural bams)

1. Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum.

Anagrams

• -mab, ABM, B. M. A., BMA, MAb, MBA, Mab, Mba, amb, amb., mab

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Noun

bām m

1. tree
2. bench
3. seat

Noun

bām m

1. Alternative form of bom

Noun

bam (plural bams)

1. bench
2. seat