bam
pronunciation
How to pronounce bam in British English:
UK [bæm]
How to pronounce bam in American English:
US [bæm]
Word Origin
- bam
- interjection, imitative of the sound of a hard hit, first recorded 1922 (from 1917 as the sound of an artillery shell bursting). Middle English had a verb bammen "to hit or strike" (late 14c.). A literary work from c. 1450 represents the sound of repeated impact by Lus, bus! las, das!, and Middle English had lushe "a stroke, blow" (c. 1400); lushen "to strike, knock, beat" (c. 1300).
Example
- 1. This document library contains all the bam view documents .
- 2. Knocked me right out like a light ! Bam !
- 3. He 's driving back to queens , and bam !
- 4. But bam is part of a road safety campaign to persuade thais , and children in particular , to wear helmets when they ride .
- 5. You just start with half a dozen european cities , throw in thirty euphemisms for male genitalia , and bam ! You have got yourself a book .