As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
By onomatopoeia.
blam (plural blams)
A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot
blam
A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot
blam (third-person singular simple present blams, present participle blamming, simple past and past participle blammed) (slang, Multicultural London English, regional African-American Vernacular)
(intransitive) To shoot, to let gunfire pass.
(transitive) To shoot, to kill by gunshot.
blam (uncountable)
(internet, informal) spam posted to a blog
• ALBM, BAML, LBMA, Lamb, balm, lamb
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.