bam
[ bam ]
noun
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
verb (used without object),bammed, bam·ming.
to make or emit a bam.
Origin of bam
1Imitative
Other definitions for B.A.M. (2 of 2)
B.A.M.
abbreviation
Bachelor of Applied Mathematics.
Bachelor of Arts in Music.
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How to use bam in a sentence
Except for their names and their flagstaffs you might have taken them for two rather hastily built and long-neglected bams.
Back Home | Irvin S. CobbThe wild fictions of the Conversations were not Medwinian falsehoods, but pure Byronic bams.
The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2) | John Cordy JeaffresonThe family consumed about two cows a week in beef; besides hares, pheasants, bams, and capons at will.
The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II.(of II) | Charles James LeverBunkum, like lyin', is plaguy apt to make a man believe his own bams at last.
The Attache | Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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