spama disruptive message posted on a computer network; to send spam Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary EmbreeSpam (sp?m) A trademark for a canned meat product consisting primarily of chopped pork pressed into a loaf.spam (sp?m)n.1. Unsolicited email, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk email.2. A single piece of such email: “receiving dozens of spams a day” (George Johnson).tr.v. spammed, spam·ming, spams 1. To send unsolicited email to.2. To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.[From Spam (probably inspired by a comedy routine on the British television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus, in which the word is repeated incessantly).]spam·mer n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.spam (spæm) computing vb, spams, spamming or spammed (Computer Science) to send unsolicited electronic mail or text messages simultaneously to a number of e-mail addresses or mobile phonesn1. (Computer Science) unsolicited electronic mail or text messages sent in this way2. (Telecommunications) unsolicited electronic mail or text messages sent in this way[C20: from the repeated use of the word Spam in a popular sketch from the British television show Monty Python’s Flying Circus, first broadcast in 1969] ?spammer nSpam (spæm) n (Cookery) trademark a kind of tinned luncheon meat, made largely from porkCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Spam (spæm) n., v. spammed, spam?ming. 1. Trademark. a canned food product consisting esp. of pork formed into a solid block. n. 2. (l.c.) a disruptive, esp. commercial message posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail. v.t. 3. (l.c.) to send spam to. v.i. 4. (l.c.) to send spam. [(definition 1)