noun
Meaning 1
A bot that sends mass junk email.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spambot
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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General-American: /ˈspæm.bɑt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspæm.bɒt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
noun
Meaning 2
A bot that sends any type of spam content on the Internet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English spam Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English spambot From spam + -bot.