"bammy" meaning in English

See bammy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbami/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bammy.wav Forms: bammier [comparative], bammiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æmi Etymology: Apparently a dialectal form of barmy. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} bammy (comparative bammier, superlative bammiest)
  1. (Scotland, slang) Crazy. Tags: Scotland, slang
    Sense id: en-bammy-en-adj-m5Aphkiy Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 39 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbami/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bammy.wav Forms: bammies [plural]
Rhymes: -æmi Etymology: Apparently a dialectal form of barmy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bammy (plural bammies)
  1. (Scotland, slang) A crazy person; wacko. Tags: Scotland, slang
    Sense id: en-bammy-en-noun-QoLxOyPj Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Breads Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Breads: 0 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbami/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bammy.wav Forms: bammies [plural]
Rhymes: -æmi Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bammy (countable and uncountable, plural bammies)
  1. (Jamaica) Jamaican cassava flatbread. Tags: Jamaica, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bammy-en-noun-eKhc83XN Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Breads Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Breads: 0 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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