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paum

/pɔːm/

paum verb: to palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle.

Verb

paum (third-person singular simple present paums, present participle pauming, simple past and past participle paumed)

  1. (obsolete) To palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle
    • A Rogue that lock'd up his drink, turn'd away our Wives , cheated us of our Fortunes ; paum'd his damn'd Crufts upon us for Mutton1704, [Jonathan Swift], A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC

Forms of paum

third-person singular presentpaums
present participlepauming
past participlepaumed
pastpaumed

Origin of paum

See palm (“to cheat”).

Words that rhyme with paum

Questions about paum

What does paum mean?
Paum means to palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle.
What part of speech is paum?
Paum is a verb.
How do you pronounce paum?
Paum is pronounced /pɔːm/.
What is the past tense of paum?
The past tense of paum is paumed.

Words near paum in the dictionary

  1. Paulton
  2. paultrie
  3. paultry
  4. Pauly
  5. Paulínia
  6. paum
  7. Pauma
  8. Paumanok
  9. Paumari
  10. paumed
  11. pauming

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