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noun | verb clamclam1 /klæm/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYclam1Origin: 1500-1600 clam two-part fastener (14-20 centuries), from Old English clamm chain, rope, etc. for tying something up; from the tight shutting of a clam shell 1 a shellfish that you can eat, which has a shell in two parts that open and close2as happy as a clam informal very happy3informal someone who does not say what he or she is thinking or feeling4[usually plural] old-fashioned informal a dollar noun | verb clamclam2 verb (clammed, clamming) VERB TABLEclam |
Present | I, you, we, they | clam | | he, she, it | clams | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | clammed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have clammed | | he, she, it | has clammed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had clammed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will clam | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have clammed |
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Present | I | am clamming | | he, she, it | is clamming | | you, we, they | are clamming | Past | I, he, she, it | was clamming | | you, we, they | were clamming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been clamming | | he, she, it | has been clamming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been clamming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be clamming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been clamming |
clam up phrasal verb informal to suddenly stop talking, especially when you are nervous, shy, or unhappy: A lot of men just clam up when they’re having emotional problems. |