Spam Definition

spăm
spammed, spamming, spams
noun
Unsolicited e-mail, often advertisements, sent out over a computer network to many addresses, usually indiscriminately.
Webster's New World
A single piece of such e-mail.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • junk e-mail
verb
To send such e-mail to (a user or users)
Webster's New World
To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.
American Heritage
pronoun

Tinned meat made mainly from ham by Hormel Foods Corporation.

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Other Word Forms of Spam

Noun

Singular:
spam
Plural:
spams

Origin of Spam

  • From Spam (probably inspired by a comedy routine on the British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which the word is repeated incessantly)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Blend of spiced and ham

    From Wiktionary

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