paum

P3A1U1M3
/pɔːm//pɑːm/

verb

To palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle

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Meanings

verbpaum (third-person singular simple present paums, present participle pauming, simple past and past participle paumed)

present singular third person paums · participle present pauming · participle past paumed · past paumed

  1. obsoleteTo palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle

    A Rogue that lock'd up his drink, turn'd away our Wives , cheated us of our Fortunes ; paum'd his damn'd Crufts upon us for Mutton

    1704, [Jonathan Swift], A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC

Origin

See palm (“to cheat”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with paum

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Anagrams

pumamapuupma
Cite this entry
APA

paum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paum

MLA

“paum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paum.

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