mamma
mamma¹
Definition
mamma (mä′mə, mə mä′)
mamma²
Definition
mamma (mam′ə)
noun pl. -·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
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.
- use: That's as mamma used to do, whole afternoons together.
- forget: Don't forget, mamma; you are to bring back Margaret.
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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