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.
   • We all looked up from the maps, silent, and listened to the hurried footsteps in the entryway. They padded up the red carpet, bam-bam-bam, and across the landing and then up the next flight at a gallop, bam-bam-bam.2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 266
2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
   • She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together.

Noun (1)

bam (plural bams)

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

Noun (2)

bam (plural bams)

1. (archaic, slang) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
   • To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams.1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns

Verb

bam (third-person singular simple present bams, present participle bamming, simple past and past participle bammed)

1. (archaic, slang) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
   • This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money1774, Samuel Foote, The Cozeners
   • I’ll break a lamp, bully a constable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.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...
2. (archaic, slang) To jeer or make fun of.

Noun (3) capitalized: BAM

BAM (uncountable)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of bile acid malabsorption.
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of business activity monitoring.
3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of binary angular measurement

Proper noun (1) capitalized: BAM

BAM

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Baikal–Amur Mainline.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bam

Bam

1. The capital city of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.
2. A county of Kerman Province, Iran.