Usually means: Unsolicited, repetitive messages sent electronically.
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We found 57 dictionaries that define the word spam:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. spam: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Spam, spam: Merriam-Webster
  3. Spam, spam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spam: The Word Spy
  5. Spam, spam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  6. spam: Collins English Dictionary
  7. Spam, spam: Vocabulary.com
  8. Spam, spam: Wordnik
  9. spam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  10. SPAM, Spam, spam: Wiktionary
  11. spam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. Spam: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. spam: Dictionary.com
  14. spam: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. SPAM, Spam (Monty Python), Spam (disambiguation), Spam (e-mail), Spam (electronic), Spam (email), Spam (food), Spam (gaming), Spam (song), Spam (video games), Spam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. spam: Rhymezone
  17. Spam, spam: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. spam: FreeDictionary.org
  19. spam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Spam: The Word Detective
  21. Spam: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Spam: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  2. SPAM: Band Terms
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. spam: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Spam: E-Commerce and Marketing Dictionary of Terms
  4. Broadcast Media Terms (No longer online)
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. spam: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. spam: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. spam: Netlingo
  4. spam: CCI Computer
  5. Marketing Terms.com - Internet Marketing Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Technology Terms and Acronyms (No longer online)
  7. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  8. spam: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  9. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  10. Spam: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  11. Spam (or Spamming): ILC Internet Terms
  12. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  13. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  14. Webopedia (No longer online)
  15. Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions (No longer online)
  16. Technopedia (No longer online)
  17. Spam (electronic), spam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. spam: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SPAM: Acronym Finder
  2. spam: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spam, spam: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. SPAM (spamicus awsomenus), SPAM: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spam: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Spam: Web Hosting Glossary

(Note: See spaming as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable, rarely countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
noun:  (uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
noun:  (Internet) Excessive, often unwanted and repeated online messages.
noun:  A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.
verb:  (intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
verb:  (transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood.
verb:  (transitive, by extension, computing, video games) To do something rapidly and repeatedly.
noun:  (Internet) Ellipsis of spam account. [A personal social media (chiefly Instagram) account separate from one's public or main account, where one generally posts more raw, personal content, compared to the main account which features more polished, curated posts.]
noun:  Alternative form of spam (“tinned meat product”) [(uncountable, rarely countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.]
noun:  Alternative form of spam (tinned meat product) [(uncountable, rarely countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.]

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