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Yes. The word bam is a Scrabble US word. The word bam is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (1 found)

BAM,

2-letter words (4 found)

AB,AM,BA,MA,

You can make 5 words from bam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of bam

bam

Translingual

Symbol

bam

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bambara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæm/
  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

bam

  1. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
  2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
Synonyms
  • bang
  • blam
  • pow
  • wham
  • dishoom (India)
Derived terms
  • wham, bam, thank you ma'am
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

bam (plural bams)

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

Etymology 3

Perhaps from bamboozle.

Noun

bam (plural bams)

  1. (slang, archaic) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

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.
    • 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
      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.

Etymology 4

Noun

bam (plural bams)

  1. Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

  • -mab, ABM, B. M. A., BMA, MAb, MBA, Mab, Mba, amb, amb., mAb, mab

Chinese

Etymology

Misspelling of English ban. Doublet of ban.

Pronunciation

Verb

bam

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak, neologism) to ban [2006]

Derived terms

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bam/

Adjective

bam

  1. greedy

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbam/
  • Rhymes: -bam, -am, -m

Etymology 1

From Malay bam, from Persian بام (bâm, “ceiling”).

Noun

bam (plural bam-bam, first-person possessive bamku, second-person possessive bammu, third-person possessive bamnya)

  1. (nautical) crosspiece

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

bam (plural bam-bam, first-person possessive bamku, second-person possessive bammu, third-person possessive bamnya)

  1. bam: boom of a large drum

References

Further reading

  • “bam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

  • baem (Late Old Frisian)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow”). Cognates include Old English bēam, Old Saxon bōm and Old Dutch bōm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːm/

Noun

bām m

  1. tree
  2. bench
  3. seat

Inflection

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Most dialects: buum
    Heligoland: Booam
    Sylt: Boom
  • Saterland Frisian: Boom
  • West Frisian: beam

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Noun

bām m

  1. Alternative form of bom

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *baːm (“to eat”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaam (“to chew”). Cognate with Khasi bam, Blang [La Gang] pá̤m, Ngeq baːm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bam/

Verb

bam

  1. to eat

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: bam

Interjection

bam

  1. dong, ding dong (used when imitating a clock or watch)
    Synonyms: bim-bam, bim-bam-bom

Further reading

  • bam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

bam

  1. bang

References

  • bam in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Volapük

Noun

bam (nominative plural bams)

  1. bench
  2. seat

Declension


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