English
bam
see also: Bam
Pronunciation Interjection
  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.
Synonyms Noun

bam (plural bams)

  1. (Scotland, slang) A ned; a bampot.
Noun

bam (plural bams)

  1. (slang, archaic) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
    • To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams.
Verb

bam (bams, present participle bamming; past bammed, past participle bammed)

  1. (slang, archaic) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
    • 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.
  2. (slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of.
Noun

bam (plural bams)

  1. Abbreviation of bare#English|bare-arse#English|arse minimum#English|minimum.
Bam
Proper noun
  1. A capital city in Bam, Kerman.
  2. A county in Kerman, Iran.


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