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

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

John Henry, he had a liddle boy, He helt 'im in de pam of his han'; An' de las' word he say to dat chile wus: "I wants you to be my steel-drivin' man."

From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Talley, Thomas Washington