Associations to the word «Bam»

Wiktionary

BAM, interjection. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
BAM, interjection. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
BAM, noun. (Scotland) (slang) ned, bampot.
BAM, noun. (dated) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
BAM, verb. (1811) (slang) (archaic) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
BAM, verb. (slang) (archaic) To jeer or make fun of.
BAM, noun. Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum.

Dictionary definition

BAM, noun. An ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003.
BAM, noun. A sudden very loud noise.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats