"bam" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /bæm/ Audio: En-au-bam.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-interj}} bam
  1. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact. Translations (sound of a forceful blow): bác (Czech), bac (Esperanto), bach (Polish)
    Sense id: en-bam-en-intj-ZRqreuq4 Disambiguation of 'sound of a forceful blow': 85 15
  2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
    Sense id: en-bam-en-intj-yvT75cdE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bang, blam, pow, wham, dishoom [India] Derived forms: wham, thank you ma'am
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bæm/ Audio: En-au-bam.ogg [Australia] Forms: bams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-noun}} bam (plural bams)
  1. (Scotland, slang) A ned; a bampot. Tags: Scotland, slang
    Sense id: en-bam-en-noun-MdV5KTYO Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /bæm/ Audio: En-au-bam.ogg [Australia] Forms: bams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Perhaps from bamboozle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bamboozle}} bamboozle Head templates: {{en-noun}} bam (plural bams)
  1. (slang, archaic) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-bam-en-noun--RS-7Nro
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /bæm/ Audio: En-au-bam.ogg [Australia] Forms: bams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-noun}} bam (plural bams)
  1. Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: bare-arse minimum
    Sense id: en-bam-en-noun-fzlmDdzz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /bæm/ Audio: En-au-bam.ogg [Australia] Forms: bams [present, singular, third-person], bamming [participle, present], bammed [participle, past], bammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Perhaps from bamboozle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bamboozle}} bamboozle Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-bam-en-verb-esI7RAd9
  2. (slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-bam-en-verb-XhHQ54ql
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
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        "To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat."
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        "(slang, archaic) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat."
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        "To jeer or make fun of."
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          "jeer"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of."
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