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Meanings of spam in English

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Repeated use of the same item or action in a video game.

Related terms
Portuguese
correio não solicitado
Catalan
correu brossa
Spanish
correo no deseado

Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

correio não solicitado
Synonyms
Examples for "spamming"
Examples for "spamming"
1
If he knew how much money I have, he'd soon stop spamming me.
The Guardian
2
Granted, that won't keep your friends from spamming your inbox if they wanted.
Wired
3
And if there's a medium worth communicating in, it's worth spamming.
Wired
4
Listen up people who are spamming us with throwback travel photos during isolation!
News.com.au
5
Big, reputable companies are usually wary of being accused of spamming.
The Irish Times
Russian
спам
Spanish
spam

Monty Python sketch.

Related terms
спам

An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, e.g. by email or newsgroups.

Usage of spam in English
1
I think we need legislation protecting good faith efforts to stop spam.
Wired
2
Theirs are spam text messages that ask you to click a link.
Wired
3
The recently relaunched Boxbe has unveiled a new e-mail spam fighting service.
Wired
4
Her make-believe portraits of spam mail senders a case of the latter.
Wired
5
Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails.
Reuters
6
Perl can be useful for dealing with spam and managing user questions.
Automating system administration with perl
7
Their bs detector is better than any spam filter you've ever seen.
Crush it!: why now is the time to cash in on your passion
8
Another confirmed that they, too, received a notification for a spam posting.
The South African
9
When Ewan Smith first got the email, he thought it was spam.
Radio NZ
10
It would appear as though Facebook had marked such posts as spam.
The South African
11
It's also worth noting that about two-thirds of the nominations were spam.
Wired
12
All those Comedians in Cars emails would end up in spam folders.
Wired
13
Another is to write more detailed and nuanced recipes for identifying spam.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
14
Much too Lesley's disgust I ate the spam, cheese and pickle sandwiches.
Whispers Under Ground
15
I don't really care what they call it, a chain-letter or spam.
Wired
16
Twitter says instead that spam-like behavior is being flagged for additional checks.
Wired
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Translations for spam
Russian
спам
Spam through the time
Spam across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Rare