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gam

1
[ gam ]
/ gæm /
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noun Slang.

a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.

RELATED WORDS

wheel, leg, extremity, stem, arm, branch, wing, chitchat, parley, tease, projection, pin, lobe, spur, bough, spray, member, process, switch, part

Nearby words

  1. galway,
  2. galwegian,
  3. galyak,
  4. galápagos islands,
  5. galère,
  6. gam-,
  7. gama,
  8. gama grass,
  9. gama, vasco da,
  10. gamahuche

Origin of gam

1
1775–85; probably < Polari < Italian gamba leg; see jamb1

Definition for gams (2 of 2)

gam

2
[ gam ]
/ gæm /

noun

a herd or school of whales.
Eastern New England, Nautical. a social meeting, visit, or the like, as between whaling vessels at sea.

verb (used without object), gammed, gam·ming.

(of whales) to assemble into a herd or school.
Nautical. (of the officers and crews of two whaling vessels) to visit or converse with one another for social purposes.
Eastern New England. to participate in a gam or social visit.

Origin of gam

2
1840–50, Americanism; perhaps dialectal variant of game1
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British Dictionary definitions for gams (1 of 2)

gam

1
/ (ɡæm) /

noun

a school of whales
nautical an informal visit between crew members of whalers
NZ a flock of large sea birds

verb gams, gamming or gammed

(intr) (of whales) to form a school
nautical (of members of the crews of whalers) to visit (each other) informally
(tr) US to visit or exchange visits with

Word Origin for gam

C19: perhaps dialect variant of game 1

British Dictionary definitions for gams (2 of 2)

gam

2
/ (ɡæm) /

noun

slang a leg, esp a woman's shapely leg

Word Origin for gam

C18: probably from Old Northern French gambe or Lingua Franca gambe; see jamb
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