bam /bæm/exclamation 2verb 2noun 3forms 3 exclamation2 •the loud noise of a sudden impact when one thing hits another hard, used to copy that soundThe wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death. •Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together. verb2 •(slang, no longer used) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money — 1774 •(slang, no longer used) To jeer or make fun of. noun3 •(Scotland, slang) A ned; a bampot. •Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum. •(slang, no longer used) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams. — 1844 formsbammed · bamming · bams
BAM noun3 •Initialism of business activity monitoring. •Initialism of bile acid malabsorption. •Abbreviation of binary angular measurement