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单词 gam
释义 gam
I. \ˈgam\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. Scotland : tooth; especially : a large or crooked tooth
2. Scotland : mouth
II. \ˈgam, ˈgaa(ə)m\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from French dialect (northern) gambe
slang : leg
 < those trim gams of yours — J.H.Burns >
 < most people … think I have nice gams — Ethel Merman >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps short for obsolete gammon talk, chatter — more at gammon
1. : a visit or friendly conversation especially between whalers or other seamen at sea or ashore
 < the story … had been told, in gam after gam, wherever whaleships met — A.B.C.Whipple >
 < there'd be a famous gam up and down the sandy beach — Alan Villiers >
2. : a school of whales : pod
IV. verb
(gammed ; gammed ; gamming ; gams)
intransitive verb
: to engage in a gam
 < whalers gammed in midocean on a hot tropical day — A.B.C.Whipple >
transitive verb
1. : to have a gam with : visit with
 < I decided to gam some friends of mine — H.A.Chippendale >
2. : to pass in conversation : while
 < congregate … to gam the hours away — H.A.Chippendale >
V. abbreviation
gamut
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