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Definition of 'bam'English
Interjection
( en-interj)
Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
- The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam ! It nearly scared me to death.
Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
- She said she dumped him. Now — bam ! — they're back together.
Synonyms
* bang
* blam
* pow
* wham
Noun
( en-noun)
(Scotland|slang) ned, bampot.
(dated) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
- (Garrick)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. Wilson
- To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams .
Verb
To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
- (Foote)
(slang|archaic) To jeer or make fun of.
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