Spam
a canned food product consisting especially of pork formed into a solid block.
(lowercase)Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
(lowercase)Digital Technology. (of promotional content on the internet) irrelevant or misdirected: The search engine delivered spam websites that had nothing to do with my keywords.
(lowercase)Digital Technology. to send spam to.
(lowercase)Digital Technology. to execute (an action) or use (an item) rapidly or repeatedly in a video game: Spam the attack button as soon as the fight begins.
(lowercase)Digital Technology. to send spam.
Origin of Spam
1Other words from Spam
- spammer, noun
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How to use Spam in a sentence
Adrien Chen, the writer of the profile, tweeted Tuesday that Bakkila bought the account from the spammer.
British Dictionary definitions for spam (1 of 2)
/ (spæm) computing slang /
to send unsolicited electronic mail or text messages simultaneously to a number of e-mail addresses or mobile phones
unsolicited electronic mail or text messages sent in this way
Origin of spam
1Derived forms of spam
- spammer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Spam (2 of 2)
/ (spæm) /
trademark a kind of tinned luncheon meat, made largely from pork
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Cultural definitions for spam
Unsolicited, undesired e-mail. Also used as a verb. Spam is the e-mail version of junk mail.
Notes for spam
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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