Meaning

2 senses

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

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

Examples

1 sentences

  1. "Me ogre! Me club big club, bam!" "He's not very smart, is he?" "Well, how's your Ogrish?"

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Origin

Perhaps from bamboozle.

Perhaps from bamboozle.

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Forms

bams, bamming, bammed, bammed
Base formbam · to bam
3rd person singularbams
Present participlebamming
Past simplebammed
Past participlebammed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybam
he, she, itbams

Past simpleLesson

all personsbammed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bammed
he, she, ithas bammed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bam

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
balmbalmybaloneybamboobanB2
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