mom
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1.0
- noun
- /mɑm/
- Informal
:
mamá
- OK, we're going to give my mom her gift.
- mom and dad
- tell mom
- mom said
That's what Barry and Bill and these moms and I are saying.
- That's what Barry and Bill and these moms and I are saying.
- OK, so Clayton, my mom is the leftover queen.
- Sorry CJ was was bugging my mom so now he's with us.
- But she's she is not my mom the way I knew her.
- Depends how much I network with mom groups, women's groups.
- And I'm like, right, you're playing a mom of two.
- I assumed that her mom died during her birth.
- I grew up working on my mom's family's farms.
- And then the parents and my mom would cook dinner.
Examples
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- Oh, hey, Mom, let me help you with these.
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Your mom will find someone, man, I know it.
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I did not make this, my mom made it for me.
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It's just you calling your mom to make it better.
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Today I am going to visit my mom at work.
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Time you spend with your mom or other people.
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How am I supposed to get Mom to love you now?
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I have no idea how my mom kept this place afloat.
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So, I made a plan to ask my mom if I could get that haircut.
Academic text (1993) -
Today I am going to visit my mom at work.
Synonyms
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1.0
A woman who has given birth to a child
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1.0
A child's word for their mother
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1.0
A child's word for mom
735
7.9
A friendly informal name people use for their mother
223
1.9
A woman who gave you birth or cared for you
202
7.7
A child's informal name for their mother
98
5.6
A child's word for their mother
32
7.5
A woman who cares for a child and helps them grow
24
9.8
A woman who is a mother or cares for children
19
9.1
An informal name for a mother used in some English-speaking areas
12
9.9
An informal word people use for mother
5
8.2
A polite, affectionate word for mother used in parts of the UK and Ireland
5
8.8
A warm, informal word for a mother in Spanish-speaking families
2
9.5
A child's loving word for mother
2
9.0
A word children use for their mother
2
7.9
A loving name a child uses for their mother
1
1.0
A woman who has a child and cares for them
Respectful or loving word for mother used in South Asian families
A warm informal name used for a mother in Urdu and Hindi
A loving word for mother used in Wales
Idioms
- Offensive
A joke reply that mentions someone's mother to tease them about sex
Compounds
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mom comes from baby talk like ma or mama, simple sounds babies make for 'mother'. That's why Mom is the casual word for 'mother'.