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MOMMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does momma mean? 

MOMMA (noun)
  The noun MOMMA has 1 sense:

1. informal terms for a motherplay

  Familiarity information: MOMMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOMMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for a mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ma; mama; mamma; mammy; mom; momma; mommy; mum; mummy

Hypernyms ("momma" is a kind of...):

female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))


 Context examples 


She told that fib about her momma, as if she did know, and colored up when the flowers came quite prettily.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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