Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bammy

/ˈbami/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: bam-my
IPA: /ˈbami/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slang

noun

A crazy person; wacko.

Slang

noun

Jamaican cassava flatbread.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Those who persist are shown up as perverse, slightly bammy, crackpots – or occasionally as unpatriotic."
"He was quite a bammy Glasgow guy who had hit on the idea of playing a Tolkienesque character who could turn things to mud with his magical finger."

Etymology

Apparently a dialectal form of barmy.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈbami/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bammier (comparative) bammiest (superlative) bammies (plural)

Rhymes With

miami grammy sammy tammy sami whammy double whammy triple whammy mammy hammy damme chamois

Questions

How do you pronounce bammy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbami/.
What does bammy mean?: Crazy.
Where does bammy come from?: Apparently a dialectal form of barmy.

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