: 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
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Troy Smith, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Google’s text ads and mail filters offered respite from the early Internet’s spam and pop-ups.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
For example: Is an e-mail message spam or not spam?
—Zachary C. Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
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Noun
Notice more spam calls coming through your phone last year?
—Troy Smith, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Google’s text ads and mail filters offered respite from the early Internet’s spam and pop-ups.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
And as a form of hazing, please spam him with all your story ideas.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
For example: Is an e-mail message spam or not spam?
—Zachary C. Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
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“Spam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spam. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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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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