blam

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UK[ˈblæm]UK[ˈblam]

noun

A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.

“He kicked in the door with a blam.”

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Meanings

blam1

nounblam (plural blams)

plural blams

  1. A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.

    He kicked in the door with a blam.

interjection
  1. A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.

    That the last zombie? Here. Let me get that for ya. *BLAM!*

verbblam (third-person singular simple present blams, present participle blamming, simple past and past participle blammed)

present singular third person blams · participle present blamming · participle past blammed · past blammed

  1. intransitiveTo fire a gun.
  2. transitiveTo shoot; to kill by gunshot.
  3. transitiveTo shoot, to propel by means of sudden impact.

    Spin that whip, let me see that dog, Imma blam that goal like Messi, shit gets messy – and I still get him down with my lefty

    2022, “REALIFE”, LF70 (lyrics), 1:29
verbblam (third-person singular simple present blams, present participle blamming, simple past and past participle blammed)

present singular third person blams · participle present blamming · participle past blammed · past blammed

  1. transitiveTo unpublish or remove (a user-submitted movie/game) for having a rating below two stars.

    My game got blammed.

  2. transitiveTo rate a (user-submitted movie/game) below two stars.

    That was a test animation, so I blammed it.

blam2

nounblam (uncountable)
  1. InternetinformaluncountableSpam posted to a blog.

    To counter this effect, spammers attempt to create links to their sites on other people's pages. The most common targets for this kind of spam are weblogs, the spamming then being known as blog spam, or "blam" for short.

    2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Internet Marketing, SEO & Advertising
    1 more example

    […] we refer to unsolicited and unwanted advertising as spam. The phenomenon is widespread, and has led people to coin terms for it in other information product or service contexts, such as splog or blam (unsolicited advertisements in blog comments), spim (instant messaging), […]

    2012, Martin Peitz, Joel Waldfogel, The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy

BLAM3

nounBLAM (plural BLAMs)

plural BLAMs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of big-lipped alligator moment.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

blam · noun, interjection, verb, verb

By onomatopoeia.

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blam · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  3. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  6. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  8. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  10. Old Englishweorold
  11. Middle Englishworld
  12. Englishworld
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  18. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  19. Old Englishwīd
  20. Englishwide
  21. Englishworldwide
  22. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  23. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  24. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  25. Old Englishwebb
  26. Middle Englishweb
  27. Englishweb
  28. EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
  29. EnglishWeb
  30. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  32. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  33. Old Norseliggjader.?
  34. Middle Englishlogge
  35. Englishlog
  36. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  37. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  38. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  39. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  40. Old Englishbōc
  41. Middle Englishbok
  42. Englishbook
  43. Englishlogbook
  44. Englishlog
  45. Englishweblog
  46. Englishblog
  47. Englishspam
  48. Englishblam

Blend of blog + spam.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

blam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blam

MLA

“blam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blam. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blam.

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