pam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
  2. A card game, similar to napoleon, in which the jack of clubs is the highest trump.
noun
  1. A panorama.
verb
  1. To pan a camera in order to show a panorama.
noun
  1. Cooking spray.
noun
  1. Alternative form of palmo (“traditional Spanish and Portuguese units of measure”).
name
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Pamela.
  2. Nickname for Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
name
  1. Initialism of Policy Analysis Market.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of power amplitude modulation.
  2. Initialism of pluggable authentication module.
  3. Initialism of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
  4. Acronym of payload assist module.
  5. Acronym of polycatenated architected material

Pronunciation

/pæm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pam.wav

Word forms

pam pams pamming pammed

Etymology

Probably short for French Pamphile (“a given name”), special use of man's name.

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