zam /zæm/exclamation 1noun 1forms 1 exclamation1 •Shortened form of kazaam.Then suddenly — Zam! Zowie! Smash! The Post sends back an article which I was positive it would buy, and which, in fact, it had ordered. One manuscript after another is flung back into my face […] — 1945 noun1 •(slang) An examination (formal test).Zams. Of course. 'How come? You don't go to college.' — 2023 formszams