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gam1 definition

☆ gam (gam)

noun

  1. a social visit
  2. a social visit or conversation between the crews of ships, esp. whaling ships, at sea
  3. a school of whales

Etymology: prob. < Scand, as in Norw, Swed dial. gams, loose conversation < ON gems, akin to game

intransitive verb gammed, gamming gam′·ming

  1. to take part in a gam
  2. to come together; congregate: said of whales
gam2 definition

gam (gam)

noun

a leg; often, specif., a woman's shapely leg

Etymology: var. of gamb

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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