释义 |
bam noun- a pill or capsule of amphetamines US
An abbreviation of “bambita”. - — Clarence Major, Dictionary of Afro-American Slang, p. 23, 1970
- [A]rrested 71 persons trying to buy Preludin–known as “bam” in street slang – and Dilaudid. Both are diet pills used as heroin boosters or heroin substitutes. — Washington Post, p. A1, 22 July 1981
- I am steeped in thoughts about “angel dust” and “wacky weed” and “bam” and “speed,” not to mention plain old marijuana, cocaine, and heroin because I have spent weeks doing a television special on drug abuse. — San Francisco Examiner, p. C10, 28 March 1981
- a pill containing both a barbiturate and an amphetamine UK
- — Tom Hibbert, Rockspeak!, p. 16, 1983
- a central nervous system depressant UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 282, 2003
- a cigarette made with poor quality marijuana US, 1952
- a violent individual UK
- If you think the bloke in front of you is a bam, but he turns out to be a nugget, for instance, then your tea could be well and truly out. — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 55, 2000
- a female member of the US Marine Corps US
A “broad-assed marine”. Gulf war usage. - — American Speech, p. 383, Winter 1991: “Among the new words”
- That was something that a general could turn to his aide and say: “Who’s that BAM?” Up until, like yesterday. — Jean Zimmerman, Tailspin, p. 211, 1995
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