The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
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
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.