bam
bam Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used to imitate the sound of a sudden, hard impact or explosion, or to express suddenness and emphatic completion.
"Just add a pinch of garlic to the sauce and, bam, the flavor comes alive!"
• noun
A sudden, loud, sharp sound or forceful blow.
"We heard a loud bam from the garage when the heavy wooden shelf collapsed."
A historic city in Kerman Province in southeastern Iran, renowned for its ancient mud-brick citadel Located along the Silk Road.
Scottish A foolish, obnoxious, or volatile person (slang, short for bampot).
"The shopkeeper told the noisy bam to leave the premises immediately."
• verb
To strike, hit, or pound with a sudden, loud impact.
"The frustrated commuter bammed on the locked train door as it pulled away from the platform."
To trick, hoax, or cozener someone (archaic or dialectal).
"The shrewd peddler tried to bam the townsfolk with his tales of magical elixirs."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century as an onomatopoeic imitation of a sudden, sharp impact or explosion; the older archaic sense meaning 'to hoax' is an 18th-century clipping of 'bamboozle'.