bam

intj

Etymology: Onomatopoeic.

1. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.

   “The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death.”

   “We all looked up from the maps, silent, and listened to the hurried footsteps in the entryway. They padded up the red carpet, bam-bam-bam, and across the landing and then up the next flight at a gallop, bam-bam-bam.”

2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.

   “She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together.”

name

1. Initialism of Baikal–Amur Mainline.

noun

1. Initialism of bile acid malabsorption.
2. Initialism of business activity monitoring.
3. Abbreviation of binary angular measurement

verb

Etymology: Perhaps from bamboozle.

1. To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.

   “This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money”

   “I’ll break a lamp, bully a constable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.”

2. To jeer or make fun of.