Dictionary

blam en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈblam] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈblæm] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By onomatopoeia.

Meanings

1. A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.
   • That the last zombie? Here. Let me get that for ya. *BLAM!*

blam en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈblam] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈblæm] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By onomatopoeia.

Meanings

1. A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.
   • He kicked in the door with a blam.

Forms

blam en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈblam] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈblæm] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By onomatopoeia.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To unpublish or remove (a user-submitted movie/game) for having a rating below two stars.
   • My game got blammed.
2. (intransitive) To fire a gun.
3. (transitive) To shoot; to kill by gunshot.
4. (transitive) To rate a (user-submitted movie/game) below two stars.
   • That was a test animation, so I blammed it.
5. (transitive) To 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:

Forms

Deriveds

blammo · blam up · kablam

blam en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈblam] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈblæm] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog English spam blend English blam Blend of blog + spam.

Meanings

1. (Internet, informal, uncountable) Spam 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:
   • […] 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: