Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bam

2 senses of bam

Sense 1
Bam -- (an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam -- (a sudden very loud noise)
       => noise -- (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels")