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Spam
(spam),USA pronunciation n., v., spammed, spam•ming.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
Spam (spam),USA pronunciation n., v., spammed, spam•ming.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
spam′mer, n.
- Trademarks, Fooda canned food product consisting esp. of pork formed into a solid block.
n.
- Computing(l.c.) a disruptive message posted on a computer network.
v.t.
- Computing(l.c.) to send spam to.
v.i.
- Computing(l.c.) to send spam.
- sp(iced) + (h)am; (other defs.) ref. to a comedy routine on Monty Python's Flying Circus, British TV series
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Spam (spam),USA pronunciation n., v., spammed, spam•ming.
- Trademarks, Fooda canned food product consisting esp. of pork formed into a solid block.
n.
- Computing(l.c.) a disruptive, esp. commercial message posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail.
v.t.
- Computing(l.c.) to send spam to.
v.i.
- Computing(l.c.) to send spam.
- (def. 1) sp(iced) + (h)am; (other defs.) 1990–95; ref. to a comedy routine on Monty Python's Flying Circus, Brit. TV series