bam

intj

1. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.

   “The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death.”

   “We all looked up from the maps, silent, and listened to the hurried footsteps in the entryway. They padded up the red carpet, bam-bam-bam, and across the landing and then up the next flight at a gallop, bam-bam-bam.”

2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.

   “She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together.”

noun

1. (Scotland, slang)A ned; a bampot.
2. (archaic, slang)An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

   “To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams.”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of bile acid malabsorption.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of business activity monitoring.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of binary angular measurement

verb

1. (archaic, slang)To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.

   “This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money”

   “I’ll break a lamp, bully a constable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.”

2. (archaic, slang)To jeer or make fun of.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Baikal–Amur Mainline.
2. The capital city of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.
3. A county of Kerman Province, Iran.