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zam

/zæm/

zam interjection: shortened form of kazaam. Also the alternative form of zamn.

Interjection

  1. Shortened form of kazaam.
    • Then suddenly — Zam! Zowie! Smash! The Post sends back an article which I was positive it would buy, and which, in fact, it had ordered. One manuscript after another is flung back into my face […]1945, The Author and Journalist, volumes 30-31, page 9
    • You never know when some enemy of the Free World might worm his or her way into your confidence and then — ZAM! Wipe you out.2007, J. W. Brodie-Innes, The Devil's Mistress, page 21

Noun

zam (plural zams)

  1. (slang) An examination (formal test).
    • Zams. Of course. 'How come? You don't go to college.'2023, Lynne Hackles, Gail Lockwood and her Imaginary Agony Aunt

Proper noun capitalized: Zam

Zam

  1. A commune of Hunedoara County, Romania.

Also used as

zam is also the alternative form of zamn.

Forms of zam

pluralzams

Origin of zam

From exam.

From Romanian Zam.

Words that rhyme with zam

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Questions about zam

What does zam mean?
Zam means shortened form of kazaam.
What part of speech is zam?
Zam can be an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce zam?
Zam is pronounced /zæm/.

Words near zam in the dictionary

  1. zaltidine
  2. zaltoprofen
  3. Zalukhiv
  4. zalutumumab
  5. Zalău
  6. zam
  7. Zam-Buk
  8. Zam.
  9. zama
  10. zama-zama
  11. zama-zamas

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