pam
noun
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
pam
1 American
[pam]
/ pæm /
noun
Cards.
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the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
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a game in which this card is trump.
Pam
2
American
[pam]
/ pæm /
noun
PAM
3
American
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Aerospace. payload assist module.
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Telecommunications. pulse-amplitude modulation.
pam.
4
American
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of pam
1675–85; short for French pamphile, special use of Pamphile man's name
Example Sentences
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“There were three sounds, like ‘pam, pam, pam.’”
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2019
Storm spread swiftly, but more worrisome and fascinating than its speed was the technical muscle behind the scenes, visible to those antis- pam groups and companies that watched the bot world.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2013
The tenors enter with "Dum pum pum pum ti di diri diri"; then the ladies: "Tara dira dara diri didi di pum pum pam!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The road which led across the high, level prairie was quite smooth and dry, but still it jolted her, and the pam in her back increased.
From Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
Pam, pam, n. the knave of clubs at loo.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Some tricks to relieve stress: From the archives, yoga teacher Sara Pam Neufeld shares a workout that takes seconds—and could actually improve your quality of life.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
"If he can stop anyone from having a nuclear bomb, then I'm for it," says Pam Robinson, 65, who spent 20 years working at the local chemical plant.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The British version of “The Office” ran for only two seasons, from 2001 to 2003, but inspired the 2005 U.S. version in which Davis’ character Dawn Tinsley becomes Pam Beesly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The original notion of the index came to its author, Pam Woodall, in a “bathtub moment” in 1986.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
That’s how it always goes with Pam and me.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Case in point: For the year, PAM is working alongside Lacy for “Cinderella Redux,” a continuation of Lacy’s “Cinderella in a Dragster” performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Through its two-year initiative, PAM aims to offer a gathering point for artists, scholars and curators alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Further experiments with collaborators in Copenhagen showed that the PAM defect does not affect how GLP-1 binds to its receptor or how signals are transmitted.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026
They partnered with scientists in Zurich who were studying mice lacking the PAM gene.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026
The animals, with their “autonomous” capacity to grow and to be active in space by the two dimensional plane PAM.
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
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