spam
verb/spæm/
/spæm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spam | /spæm/ /spæm/ |
| he / she / it spams | /spæmz/ /spæmz/ |
| past simple spammed | /spæmd/ /spæmd/ |
| past participle spammed | /spæmd/ /spæmd/ |
| -ing form spamming | /ˈspæmɪŋ/ /ˈspæmɪŋ/ |
- spam somebody/something to send the same message to large numbers of internet users who have not requested the information
- Some companies will keep spamming you until you change your email address.
- Some idiot has been spamming my blog with comments.
Word Origin1930s: apparently from sp(iced h)am. The internet sense appears to derive from a sketch by the British “Monty Python” comedy group, set in a cafe in which every item on the menu includes spam.Definitions on the go
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