mom

¹ American  

[mom] / mɒm /

noun

1. a person’s mother or one’s mother.

2. a term of endearment used to refer to a woman or girl who is admired: She came on stage at the beginning of the concert, and I was like, MOM.

   Obviously she has no kids, but she is such a mom.

   She came on stage at the beginning of the concert, and I was like, MOM.

   All her friends call her “mom” even though she just started middle school.

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adjective

1. beautiful or stylish; amazing; to be admired: She’s so mom in that movie.

   That outfit is mom!

   She’s so mom in that movie.

verb (used with object)

1. to act as a mother toward; act maternally toward, sometimes in an excessive way: I think I just got mommed by my cat.

   She just mommed me with advice.

   I think I just got mommed by my cat.

   She totally mommed those bullies.

2. to refer to (an admired woman or girl) as “mom”.

   My friends mommed the selfie I just posted.

verb (used without object)

1. to perform the tasks or duties of a female parent; act maternally, sometimes in an excessive way: She mommed out hard after I came home late.

   I like the way she moms.

   She mommed out hard after I came home late.

2. (of a woman or girl) to refer to an admired woman or girl as “mom”.

   Whenever I comment on photos of my friends, I mom.

m.o.m. ² American  

abbreviation

1. middle of month.

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mom British  

/ mɒm /

noun

1. an informal word for mother 1

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Etymology

Origin of mom

First recorded in 1845–50; short for momma

Example Sentences

One of my mom group chats recently turned to strength training, and I copped to finally succumbing to peer pressure and buying weights on Amazon—5 pounders, to be exact.

From The Wall Street Journal

You can monitor mom and dad without becoming Big Brother.

From The Wall Street Journal

"You could say mammals have helicopter parents, and really, helicopter moms," he explained.

From Science Daily

What has surprised so many, at least in the West, is how women - straight, queer, trans, "wine moms", daughters and your grandmother's Facebook group - have embraced Heated Rivalry's intimate portrait of queer love.

From BBC

His father gathered his three siblings, mom and a trustee to chat about their business, a merchant bank founded by his great-great-grandfather Robert Fleming in Scotland.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• grandmother
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