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gam
gam
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gæm
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noun
Slang.
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
Origin:
1775–85;
probably <
Polari
<
Italian
gamba
leg; see
jamb
1
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gam
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gæm
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noun,
verb,
gammed,
gam·ming.
noun
1.
a herd or school of whales.
2.
Eastern New England, Nautical
.
a social meeting, visit, or the like, as between whaling vessels at sea.
verb (used without object)
3.
(of whales) to assemble into a herd or school.
4.
Nautical
.
(of the officers and crews of two whaling vessels) to visit or converse with one another for social purposes.
5.
Eastern New England
.
to participate in a gam or social visit.
Origin:
1840–50,
Americanism; perhaps dialectal variant of
game
1
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World English Dictionary
gam
1
(ɡæm)
—
n
1.
a school of whales
2.
nautical
an informal visit between crew members of whalers
3.
(
NZ
) a flock of large sea birds
—
vb
,
gams
,
gamming
,
gammed
4.
(
intr
) (of whales) to form a school
5.
nautical
(of members of the crews of whalers) to visit (each other) informally
6.
(
US
) (
tr
) to visit or exchange visits with
[C19: perhaps dialect variant of
game
1
]
gam
2
(ɡæm)
—
n
slang
a leg, esp a woman's shapely leg
[C18: probably from Old Northern French
gambe
or Lingua Franca
gambe;
see
jamb
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
gam
"a leg," see
gams
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
GAM
gay Asian male
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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