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bamming

bamming is the present participle and gerund of bam.

Meaning of bam

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
  2. (archaic, slang) To jeer or make fun of.

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Questions about bamming

What is bamming the present participle and gerund of?
Bamming is the present participle and gerund of bam.

Words near bamming in the dictionary

  1. bammer
  2. bammie
  3. bammier
  4. bammies
  5. bammiest
  6. bamming
  7. bammo
  8. Bammoo
  9. bammy
  10. BAMN
  11. bamnidazole

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