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mamma1 definition

mamma (mä′mə, mə mä′)

noun

mama

Etymology: like L mamma, mother, Sans mā, Gr mammē < baby talk

mamma2 definition

mamma (mam′ə)

noun pl. mammae -·mae (-ē)

a gland for secreting milk, present in the female of all mammals; mammary gland: it is rudimentary in the male

Etymology: L, breast, prob. identical with mamma

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mamma Usage Examples

Possessives

  • boy: Mamma may not know best The myth of Italian men being mamma's boys is not such a myth after all, it appears.

Converse of object

  • tell: You were not by, when I told mamma and the others all about it.

Adjective modifier

  • good: Even you don't know half how good mamma is; in other things too, which I must not mention.

Noun used with modifier

  • yo: Funny collection of the best of Yo Mamma Jokes like yo mamma so fat, yo momma so.. .
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