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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
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(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.
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Origin:
1840–50,
Americanism
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perhaps dialectal variant of
game
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gam
"a leg," see
gams
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