GAM

gam

(noun) a herd of whales

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gam (plural gams)

(slang) A person's leg, especially an attractive woman's leg.

Etymology 2

Noun

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).

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• AGM, GMA, MAG, MGA, Mag., mag

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



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