What is the meaning of wampum?

Informal terms for money.
- synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar
Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.
- synonyms: peag, wampumpeag

|15 years ago|1.7k views|share |citing

APA	WordNet. (2010). wampum. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/wampum/definitions/1209518
Chicago	WordNet. 2010. "wampum" http://smartdefine.org/wampum/definitions/1209518 (accessed September 20, 2026).
Harvard	WordNet 2010, wampum, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/wampum/definitions/1209518>.
MLA	WordNet. "wampum" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/wampum/definitions/1209518>

Alternative definitions by