Sam
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sam in British English:
UK [ˈsæm]
How to pronounce Sam in American English:
US [ˈsæm]
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- Noun:
- a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
Word Origin
- SAM
- 1958, acronym for surface to air missile.
Example
- 1. The bank was most definitely going down without uncle sam 's support in late 2008 and 2009 .
- 2. Sam 's tent is on " weird street , " a section of the encampment fronting atlantic avenue .
- 3. Colombia is uncle sam 's closest south american ally .
- 4. October 21 . Washington declares that its aircraft will attack any sam site that fires on u.s. planes .
- 5. How far does she trust uncle sam ?