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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paum

/pɔːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paum
IPA
/pɔːm/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

See palm (“to cheat”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

paums (present, singular) pauming (participle, present) paumed (participle, past) paumed (past)

Rhymes With

calm palm aam qualm halm shawm gaum haulm ma'am islam vietnam grande dame

Questions

How do you pronounce paum?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɔːm/.
What does paum mean?
To palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle
Where does paum come from?
See palm (“to cheat”).

How to pronounce paum

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