ALL meanings of wampum
wam·pum
W w - noun wampum A quantity of small cylindrical beads made by North American Indians from quahog shells, strung together and worn as a decorative belt or other decoration or used as money. 1
- noun wampum Native American bead 1
- noun wampum Also called peag, seawan, sewan. cylindrical beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes, especially such beads when white but also including the more valuable black or dark-purple varieties. 1
- noun wampum Informal. money. 1
- noun wampum Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples. 0
- noun wampum (formerly) money used by North American Indians, made of cylindrical shells strung or woven together, esp white shells rather than the more valuable black or purple ones 0
- noun wampum money or wealth 0
- noun wampum small beads made of shells and used by North American Indians as money, for ornament, etc.: they were of two varieties, white and the more valuable black (or dark purple) 0
- noun wampum money 0