Bam

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æm

Full definition of bam

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

• bang
• blam
• pow
• wham

Noun

1. (Scotland, slang) ned, bampot.
2. (dated) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.I’ll break a lamp, bully a con stable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster. 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.
• Prof. WilsonTo relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams.

Verb

1. (1811, slang, archaic) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
2. (slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of.

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1. Bare Arse Minimum

Anagrams

• ABM, amb, B. M. A., BMA, MAb, MBA