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Definition: BAM |
BAMNoun1. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. Transitive verb1. To cheat; to wheedle. |
Date "BAM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | BAM. A jocular imposition, the same as a humbug. See HUMBUG. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BAM | Danish | Konvertibel bosnisk-hercegovinsk mark | Geography |
BAM | Dutch | Bosnische convertibele mark | Geography |
bam | English | Barbiturate-amphetamine mixture | N/A |
BAM | German | Bosnisch-herzegowinische konvertible Mark | Geography |
BAM | Greek | βοσνιακό μετατρέψιμο μάρκο | Geography |
BAM | Portuguese | Marco bósnio-herzegovino convertível | Geography |
BAM | Spanish | Marco bosnio convertible | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Falsehood | Lip homage, lip service; mouth honor; hollowness; mere show, mere outside; duplicity, double dealing, insincerity, hypocrisy, cant, humbug; jesuitism, jesuitry; pharisaism; Machiavelism, "organized hypocrisy"; crocodile tears, mealy-mouthedness, quackery; charlatanism, charlatanry; gammon; bun-kum, bumcombe, flam; bam, flimflam, cajolery, flattery; Judas kiss; perfidy; (bad faith); il volto sciolto i pensieri stretti. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BAM |
| Specialty definitions using "BAM": Bam Bam Kwippa ♦ Kwippa Bam Bam. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BAM" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (gun), Maya (fall), Portuguese (Bosnian convertible mark), Turkish (slam). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Then, bam, it's on the side of the road (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) Why don't you join her and make a little bathroom bam bam (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) I'm Bam Margera, and I feel like kicking my dad's ass all day today (Jackass; writing credit: Donald Spoto; Eric Overmyer) Let him go. Bam, Bam (Cool Hand Luke; writing credit: Donn Pearce) Bam! Bitch went down (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) | |
Lyrics | A-wop-bop-a-loo-lop a-lop bam boo ("Tutti Frutti"; performing artist: Little Richard) Like charlie mack, bam, nut and wood (Ain't No Place Like Home; performing artist: Prince) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Gukgyeongui bam (1970) Dolaonji anhneun bam (1970) Yeongdeungpoui bam (1966) Bam angae (1964) Bim Bam Boom (1955) | |
Song Titles | WHAM BAM (performing artist: SILVER) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| "4th w/ bam" by Michael Haston Commentary: "Bam @ fdr on july 4th." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "BAM" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 41.67% of the time. "BAM" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 41.67% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 33.33% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 36 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Italy | Banca Agricola Mantovana (BAM) SPA | Netherlands | Koninklijke BAM NBM NV |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BAM": wham-bam. | |
Containing "BAM": A-wop-bop-a-sidgwick-a-lop-bam-pan, Whama-lama-bam-bam-boy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bam margera | 2,885 | bam saddam wham | 24 |
bam | 495 | bam margara | 23 |
bam margera picture | 313 | bam bio margera | 23 |
bam margera pic | 152 | bam margera merchandise | 23 |
bam magera | 113 | bam margera tattoo | 22 |
bam margera photo | 58 | bam haggard margera | 20 |
wham bam | 55 | bam board margera message | 19 |
bam bam | 49 | bam concert wham | 16 |
bam margera wallpaper | 46 | jackass bam | 16 |
bam margera cky | 45 | bam wam | 15 |
bam racing | 44 | bam porn star | 15 |
bam bam bigelow | 37 | bam margera poster | 14 |
bam margera.com | 31 | bam crawford | 14 |
bam margera skateboard | 31 | bam bam flintstone | 13 |
bam marine | 28 | bam icon margera | 13 |
bam margera jackass | 28 | bam margeras tattoo | 13 |
bam entertainment | 28 | bam interview margera | 13 |
bam buddy icon margera | 28 | bam canada day jam wham | 13 |
bam biography margera | 24 | bam cky | 13 |
pebble bam bam | 24 | bam pic | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "BAM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | of bamboozle, бум (boom). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розігрувати (bamboozle, hoax, spoof), розигриш, обманювати (baffle, beguile, begunk, betray, bluff, bubble, buffalo, cheat, chouse, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, do down, double cross, gouge, impose, mountebank, swindle, trick, victimize), обман (bamboozle, beguilement, bilk, bluff, bunko, cheat, chouse, circumvention, cozenage, deceit, deception, delusion, do, double cross, foist, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, gammon, gouge, guile, hanky panky, hoax, imposture, juggle, jugglery, lie, overreach, phoney, phony, pretence, pretense, ruse, sell, sham, swindle, trickery, victimization, wile). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự đánh lừa (deceit, delusion, illusiveness, lurk, sell, sold, spoof). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 7, Verse 42 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh econtwn de autwn apodounai amfoteroiV ecarisato tiV oun autwn eipe pleion auton agaphsei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non habentibus illis unde redderent donavit utrisque quis ergo eum plus diliget |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa hig næfdon hwanon hi hyt aguldon: he hit him bam forgef; Hwæþer lufode hyne swyðor; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Sothli hem not hauynge wherof thei schulden yelde, he yaf frely to `euer eythir. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When they had nothinge to paye he forgave the boothe. Which of them tell me will love him moost? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 7, Verse 42 |
| Cebuano | Ug kay wala man silay ikabayad, silang duha iyang gipasaylo. Karon kinsa man kanila ang labing mahigugma kaniya?" |
| Chinese | 因 為 他 們 無 力 償 還 、 債 主 就 開 恩 免 了 他 們 兩 人 的 債 。 這 兩 個 人 那 一 個 更 愛 他 呢 。 |
| Croatian | Buduæi da nisu imali odakle vratiti, otpusti obojici. Koji æe ga dakle od njih više ljubiti?" |
| Danish | Da de ikke havde noget at betale med, eftergav han dem det begge. Hvem af dem vil nu elske ham mest?" |
| Dutch | En als zij niet hadden om te betalen, schold hij het hun beiden kwijt. Zeg dan, wie van dezen zal hem meer liefhebben? |
| Finnish | Kun heillä ei ollut, millä maksaa, antoi hän molemmille velan anteeksi. Kumpi heistä siis rakastaa häntä enemmän?" |
| French | Comme ils n`avaient pas de quoi payer, il leur remit à tous deux leur dette. Lequel l`aimera le plus? |
| German | Da sie aber nicht hatten, zu bezahlen, schenkte er's beiden. Sage an, welcher unter denen wird ihn am meisten lieben? |
| Hungarian | És mikor nem volt nékik mibõl megadni, mind a kettõnek elengedé. E kettõ közül azért, mondd meg, melyik szereti õt jobban? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kedua-duanya tidak dapat melunasi utang itu, maka utang mereka dihapuskannya. Nah, siapa di antara kedua orang itu akan lebih mengasihi orang yang meminjamkan uang itu?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab pada mereka itu tiada pembayarnya, dilepaskannya kedua-duanya daripada utang. Sekarang yang manakah daripada dua orang itu akan terlebih mengasihi dia?" |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra nagh row oc dy eeck, leih eh daue ny-neesht dy arryltagh. Insh dou eisht, quoi jeu s'booisal vees da? |
| Maori | I te kore nga mea a raua hei whakautu, whakarerea noatia ana e ia ki a raua: tena, ko wai o raua e tino nui tona aroha ki a ia? |
| Norwegian | da de ikke hadde noget å betale med, eftergav han dem begge gjelden. Hvem av dem vil da elske ham mest? |
| Portuguese | Não tendo eles com que pagar, perdoou a ambos. Qual deles, pois, o amará mais? |
| Rumanian | Fiindcq n`aveau cu ce plqti, i -a iertat pe amkndoi. Spune-Mi dar, care din ei kl va iubi mai mult?`` |
| Russian | ОП ЛБЛ ПОЙ ОЕ ЙНЕМЙ ЮЕН ЪБРМБФЙФШ, ПО РТПУФЙМ ПВПЙН. уЛБЦЙ ЦЕ, ЛПФПТЩК ЙЪ ОЙИ ВПМЕЕ ЧПЪМАВЙФ ЕЗП? |
| Shuar | Akiktin tsawant jeamtai Mái-metek takakcha ármiayi. Tuma asamtai Kuítian ikiamin ni tumashrin Mái-metek Asakátrarmiayi. Wats, Turuttiá ¿Tú aishmanka ikiamniun nekas aneamia?" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Waliposhindwa kulipa madeni yao, huyo mtu aliwasamehe wote wawili. Sasa ni yupi kati ya hao wawili atampenda zaidi huyo bwana?" |
| Swedish | Men då de icke kunde betala, efterskänkte han skulden för dem båda. Vilken av dem kommer nu att älska honom mest?" |
| Uma | Ngkai ka'uma-napi rakulei' mpobayari inta-ra, na'uli' -mi tauna to rapohentai toei: `Uma-pi mingki' nibayari inta-ni.' Jadi', hema ngkai hira' to rodua toera to meliu ahi' -ra hi popa'intaa-ra?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BAM": bambini, bambino, bambinos, bamboo, bamboos, bamboozle, bamboozled, bamboozlement, bamboozlements, bamboozles, bamboozling, bammed, bamming, bams. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BAM": ferbam. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BAM": abamp, abampere, abamperes, abamps, carbamate, carbamates, carbamic, carbamide, carbamides, carbamino, carbamyl, carbamyls, diethylcarbamazine, diethylcarbamazines, dithiocarbamate, dithiocarbamates, ferbams, meprobamate, meprobamates, phenylthiocarbamide, phenylthiocarbamides. (additional references) | |
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"BAM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abam, abn, baam, baan, baf, bahm, baj, bak, bama, bame, bamg, bamh, Bamhl, bami, bamm, bammy, bamo, bamp, bams, bamy, baom, bap, baq, Basm, batm, bau, baum, baume, bbem, bbm, bcm, Bdam, Behm, bem, bemi, bemo, Bemy, besm, bgm, bham, bhamg, Bhamo, biem, bima, bimm, bimo, bipm, blam, bmaa, Bmac, bmr, bmt, bmw, bmx, Boam, bom, Bomm, bram, buam, bvan, bym, ebam, Fbim, ibam, Obama, Obame, Obami, tbam, ybam. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BAM" (pronounced ba"m) |
| 2 | -a" m | am, Nam, Pam, ram, cam, Cham, clam, cram, dam, damn, dram, exam, Flam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, Lam, lamb, scam, sham, slam, spam, swam, Tam, tram, wham, yam. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-m" | |
-1 letter: ab, am, ba, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-m" | |
+1 letter: ambo, balm, bams, barm, beam, bema, bima, blam, gamb, iamb, jamb, lamb, mabe. | |
+2 letters: abamp, abeam, abmho, abohm, aboma, abysm, album, amber, ambit, amble, ambos, ambry, ameba, balms, balmy, barms, barmy, beams, beamy, bemas, bimah, bimas, blame, blams, bream, embar, embay, gamba, gambe, gambs, iambi, iambs, jambe, jambs, lambs, lamby, limba, mabes, mamba, mambo, maybe, mbira, rumba, samba, sambo, umbra. | |
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