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pam

1 American  
[pam] / pæm /

noun

Cards.

  1. the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.

  2. a game in which this card is trump.

Pam 2 American  
[pam] / pæm /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Pamela.

PAM 3 American  

  1. Aerospace. payload assist module.

  2. Telecommunications. pulse-amplitude modulation.

pam. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. pamphlet.

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

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

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

Pam, pam, n. the knave of clubs at loo.

From Project Gutenberg

Five cards of a suit, or four with pam, make a flush which sweeps the board, and yields only to a superior flush, or the elder hand.

From Project Gutenberg

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