moms

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UK/mɒmz/US[mɑmz]

noun

Affectionate term of address for one's mother.

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Meanings

moms1

noun
  1. pluralplural of mom

moms2

nounmoms (plural moms)
  1. African-American VernacularAffectionate term of address for one's mother.

    but I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit

    1996, Ghostface Killah, All That I Got Is You
    1 more example

    My moms, Noojie, had told me that the two little stumps on the sides of my hands came from being born with six fingers, and that's why I was always stealing something.

    2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 34

Moms3

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Mom

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mother

Origin

moms · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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moms · noun

From mom + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sMMO
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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