Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Informal Mother.
- noun A woman.
- noun A wife.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mother: a word used chiefly in address and familiar intercourse, especially by and with infants, children, and young people.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
mamma .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun hypocoristic
Mother ,female parent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
- noun informal terms for a mother
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Morton the good knight, "and to her mother as" the Princess Pauline, "or" one's mama, "giving to _mama_ the French pronunciation.
A Hoosier Chronicle Meredith Nicholson 1906
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'Gladiator sport' is the term mama and I use for that show.
Cottage Blessings Alice Gunther 2009
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Your mama is also doomed to disappear, you idiot cannot even spell the words right
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My Rachel is now 12 and I do worry and get scared and there have been many major scares and trips to the ER and last year well I just was in mama bear mode most of the year as we dealt with bullying.
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I called my mama, he says above the rain, asked if I could use her place since she had the room.
30x30 Paul de Denus 2011
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"Everybody and their mama is doing a documentary on Obama," he said during an interview for his new Sundance film "The Passing Strange."
While He Supports Obama, Don’t Look To Spike Lee For Presidential Biopic » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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Your mama is still feeding the baby sister that same banana because her bites are so dumb and small, but at least now she has a wipe out for all the spit and goo.
If You See Something, Say Something Melissa Swantkowski 2010
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A good lesson will teach begining to high level skills all at the same time, keeping all kids engaged. dolphin mama
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I bet it was somebody's school bag, she says, and you wonder if your mama is just lying to make you shut your mouth, or if she really wasn't worried on the train.
If You See Something, Say Something Melissa Swantkowski 2010
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How do you access the shelves in the stairwell? andy on 09 Mar 2009 at 9: 15 pm # hahaha – push mama from the front porch
tbtabby commented on the word mama
Means "father" in Georgian.
July 13, 2009
dontcry commented on the word mama
Hey - I just heard this recently pronunced word pronounced!
No I didn't. :-(
*mama!*
August 20, 2011
bilby commented on the word mama
'familiar intercourse'
August 20, 2011