bam

Other forms of bam

plural

bams·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bam

What does bam mean?

bam means "an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bam?

bam has 1 syllable: bam. In IPA it is /ˈbæm/.

What is another word for bam?

Close synonyms include bang, clap, eruption, blast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bam a common word?

bam is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.