pam

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
2. (uncountable)A card game, similar to napoleon, in which the jack of clubs is the highest trump.
3. (dated)A panorama.

   “The tripod used on a pam prevents any of that disturbing vertical shake which is so obvious in hand-held slow pams.”

4. (US)Cooking spray.
5. (alt-of, alternative, dated, historical)Alternative form of palmo (“traditional Spanish and Portuguese units of measure”).
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of power amplitude modulation.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of pluggable authentication module.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
9. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of payload assist module.
10. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of polycatenated architected material

verb

1. (dated)To pan a camera in order to show a panorama.

   “In this case the field was laid out in segments, and after the camera had been pammed about ten degrees it was stopped and the whole outfit moved over into the next segment, and so on round for ninety degrees;”

   “The camera man, in turn, when he had filmed the accident, pammed — the outrageous word "pam" means panorama — immediately to the sheriff in the hope that he would shoot.”

   “At one time he ordered a panorama effect, in which the cameras “pammed,” swept from one side to the other, giving a succession of faces at close range.”

   “The mechanism for taking the pictures with these markers on the original film and record can not be operated in quite so simple a manner, since the camera must be left free to be “pammed"—that is, moved about on its tripod to change the field of view.”

   “The institution is "pammed" from a nearby hill-top, followed by close-ups of the various buildings.”

name

1. A diminutive of the female given name Pamela.

   “The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, making the tenacious litigator the latest official to help fill out President Donald Trump’s administration.”

2. (UK, historical, slang)Nickname for Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.

   “In October 1865, the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, died in office two days before his 81st birthday. 'Old Pam' had been a member of every government since 1807, […]”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of Policy Analysis Market.