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mam
/mɑm/
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What does mam mean?
noun
- (informal) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
- (slang) A woman's breast.
- Misspelling of ma'am.
More meanings (3)
noun
- Initialism of methylazoxymethanol
proper noun
- A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
- (informal) One’s mother.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɑm/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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The small child may say, "Mam--ma, I want a tooky."
“Yes mam, dese is hard times for eberybody dat 'bleves in de Union. I 'spose deys cotched your husband, an' put him in de army, ain't dey?”
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Tad in mam; blessed sounds; in all languages expressing the same blessed things.
"Oh, Mammy, Mam--" But he couldn't scream any more, for the big snake had his ear in his mouth and was winding about the soft little body, squeezing Raggylug's life out.
“I wish you would,” says I, “because it’s pap that’s there, and maybe you’d help me tow the raft ashore where the light is. He’s sick—and so is mam and Mary Ann.”