gam
(noun) a herd of whales
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gam (plural gams)
(slang) A person's leg, especially an attractive woman's leg.
gam (plural gams)
Collective noun used to refer to a group of whales, or rarely also of porpoises; a pod.
(by extension) A social gathering of whalers (whaling ships).
gam (third-person singular simple present gams, present participle gamming, simple past and past participle gammed)
(nautical, ambitransitive) To pay a social visit on another ship at sea.
(US, dialect) To engage in social intercourse anywhere.
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Source: Wiktionary
Gam, n. [Orig. uncert.] (Naut.) (a) A herd, or school, of whales. (b) A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or (Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
Gam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gam"ming.] (Naut.) (a) To gather in a gam; -- said of whales. (b) To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social intercourse anywhere.
Gam, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at sea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
