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.

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Pam ² American  

[pam] / pæm /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Pamela.

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PAM ³ American  

1. Aerospace. payload assist module.

2. Telecommunications. pulse-amplitude modulation.

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pam. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. pamphlet.

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Etymology

Origin of pam

1675–85; short for French pamphile, special use of Pamphile man's name

Example Sentences

“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

She lay down on the bed a moment to ease that dull pam in her back.

From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

They call them likewise glyce, or primitive men; and in their assemblies invoke their ancestors and deities in a loud voice, crying Pom, pam, pum, mari, mari, Epunamen, Amimalguen, Pegni Epatum.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert