Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bam
Participle: bammed
Gerund: bamming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bam |
| you | bam |
| he;she;it | bams |
| we | bam |
| you | bam |
| they | bam |
Perfect
| I | have bammed |
| you | have bammed |
| he;she;it | has bammed |
| we | have bammed |
| you | have bammed |
| they | have bammed |
Past
| I | bammed |
| you | bammed |
| he;she;it | bammed |
| we | bammed |
| you | bammed |
| they | bammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bammed |
| you | had bammed |
| he;she;it | had bammed |
| we | had bammed |
| you | had bammed |
| they | had bammed |
Future
| I | will bam |
| you | will bam |
| he;she;it | will bam |
| we | will bam |
| you | will bam |
| they | will bam |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bammed |
| you | will have bammed |
| he;she;it | will have bammed |
| we | will have bammed |
| you | will have bammed |
| they | will have bammed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bam |
| you | bam |
| he;she;it | bam |
| we | bam |
| you | bam |
| they | bam |
Perfect
| I | have bammed |
| you | have bammed |
| he;she;it | have bammed |
| we | have bammed |
| you | have bammed |
| they | have bammed |
Imperfect
| I | bammed |
| you | bammed |
| he;she;it | bammed |
| we | bammed |
| you | bammed |
| they | bammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bammed |
| you | had bammed |
| he;she;it | had bammed |
| we | had bammed |
| you | had bammed |
| they | had bammed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bam |
| you | would bam |
| he;she;it | would bam |
| we | would bam |
| you | would bam |
| they | would bam |
Perfect
| I | would have bammed |
| you | would have bammed |
| he;she;it | would have bammed |
| we | would have bammed |
| you | would have bammed |
| they | would have bammed |
Imperative
| you | bam |
| we | Let's bam |
| you | bam |
Verbs conjugated like 'bam'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bam'
baa,
bab,
bad,
bag,
balm,
ban,
bap,
bar,
barm,
bat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to harshly mock; to treat with contempt
- badger, barrack, brock, bullyrag, chiack, deride, fleer, fligger, flite, geck, heckle, hound, jeer, nip, poke borack
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Perhaps from bamboozle.
Sample Sentences
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This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money [1774, Samuel Foote, The Cozeners:]
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I’ll break a lamp, bully a constable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster. [1747, David Garrick, Miss in Her Teens: or the Medley of Lovers, Act II, in The Plays of David Garrick: A Complete Collection of the Social Satires, French Adaptations, Pantomimes, Christmas and Musical Plays, Preludes, Interludes, and Burlesques, ed. Harry William Pedicord and Fredrick Louis Bergmann, vol. 1 (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980), 93]