: unsolicited usually commercial messages (such as emails, text messages, or Internet postings) sent to a large number of recipients or posted in a large number of places
spammed; spamming
: to send or post spam to
spammed customers with discount offers
spamming a message board
: to send or post spam
The company was accused of spamming via text messages.
spammer
noun
—used for a canned meat product
Examples of spam in a Sentence
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Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
Aldrich coordinated a spam email campaign against a former work supervisor who is gay, according to recent court filings, and disseminated another person’s racist and antisemitic manifesto that claimed being transgender is a mental illness.
—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2024
And some of those spam messages are blatantly spam too.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Take this quiz to find out Churchill owner aims to build 325-foot tower and market in downtown Phoenix Tired of spam calls?
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
Aldrich coordinated a spam email campaign against a former work supervisor who is gay, according to recent court filings, and disseminated another person’s racist and antisemitic manifesto that claimed being transgender is a mental illness.
—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Verb
In her call, the Brookfield resident said her 20-year-old niece had been unable to deactivate the account, which continued to spam other friends and family members with urgent requests for money.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2024
And some of those spam messages are blatantly spam too.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
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“Spam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spam. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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spam
1 of 2 noun
: unsolicited usually commercial email sent to a large number of addresses
spam
2 of 2 verb
: to send spam to
spammer
noun
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