mom
1 Americannoun
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a person’s mother or one’s mother.
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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.
adjective
verb (used with object)
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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.
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to refer to (an admired woman or girl) as “mom”.
My friends mommed the selfie I just posted.
verb (used without object)
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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.
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(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.
abbreviation
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of mom
First recorded in 1845–50; short for momma
Example Sentences
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“D.A.D.” and “M.O.M.” — the married mad scientists behind this endeavor, anticipate that what they refer to as the “delicate years” will be problematic.
From Washington Post
And even as the young people do battle with the ultimate monsters, “M.O.M.” and “D.A.D.” and their ex-con inspectors, Malerman reminds us the real horror is not the blood that will splatter the towers.
From Washington Post
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had boasted that the $74 million trip by the Mars Orbiter Mission, or M.O.M., cost less than the $100 million budget of the Hollywood movie “Gravity.”
From New York Times
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