BMW

Borrowed from German BMW.

BMW

1. A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)).
   • 2014 February 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Get Your $50,000 Hatchback Here”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 February 2014:

     So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.

BMW (plural BMWs)

1. A motor car manufactured by this company
2. A motorcycle manufactured by this company

• (slang, car): beamer, beemer, bimmer

BMW (third-person singular simple present BMWs, present participle BMWing, simple past and past participle BMWed)

1. (slang) Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine.

BMW (uncountable)

1. Initialism of biodegradable municipal waste.

As a pun on the prestigious car brand.

BMW (plural BMWs)

1. (slang) Initialism of black man working (“a successful black male”).
   • 2023, Curtis R. Johnson, Emotions of a Towntaker Poet:

     So for those brothers who are not yet a BMW, stay prayerful and positive until you become a fulltime black man working.

• Tony Thorne (2014), “BMW”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury

• BWM

Borrowed from German BMW.

• IPA^(key): /be.ɛm.du.blə.ve/

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• IPA^(key): (Belgium) /be.ɛ.mwe/ ~ /be.e.mwe/
• IPA^(key): (In areas close to Germany) /be.ɛm.ve/

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BMW m

1. BMW (car manufacturer)

BMW f (invariable)

1. a BMW car

   Synonym: BM

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeː ɛm ˈveː/

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BMW

1. BMW; initialism of Bayerische Motoren-Werke (“Bavarian Motor Works”)

Borrowed from German BMW (“Bayerische Motoren-Werke”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːjɛɱveː]
• Rhymes: -veː

BMW

1. BMW (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works), a manufacturer of motor vehicles)

BMW (plural BMW-k)

1. BMW (a motor car manufactured by this company)

• BMW-s

Borrowed from German BMW.

• IPA^(key): /biˌɛm.meˈvu/^*
• IPA^(key): /biˌɛm.mevˈvu/^*
• IPA^(key): /biˌɛnˈvu/^*

BMW f

1. BMW (car manufacturer)

BMW m or f(but usually feminine)

1. a BMW car