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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 mother
Familiarity information: MOMMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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