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clam
1[ klam ]
noun
- any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species. Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- Informal. a secretive or silent person.
- Slang. a dollar or the sum of a dollar:
I only made 60 clams a week.
verb (used without object)
- to gather or dig clams.
verb phrase
- Slang. to refuse to talk or reply; refrain from talking or divulging information:
The teacher asked who had thrown the eraser, but the class clammed up.
clam
2[ klam ]
noun
- British Dialect. clamp ( defs 1, 2, 3 ).
- Machinery. (formerly) pincers.
clam
1/ °ì±ôæ³¾ /
noun
- any of various burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Mya, Venus, etc. Many species, such as the quahog and soft-shell clam, are edible and Tridacna gigas is the largest known bivalve, nearly 1.5 metres long
- the edible flesh of such a mollusc
- informal.a reticent person
verb
- intr to gather clams
clam
2/ °ì±ôæ³¾ /
verb
- a variant of clem
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦±ô²¹³¾Â·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ³¦±ô²¹³¾Â·³¾±ð°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of clam1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of clam1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with clam , also see happy as the day is long (as a clam) .Example Sentences
Use it to garnish steamed clams or mussels or mix it into a savory stuffing for roasted oysters.
His gumbo recipe, for example, calls for two pouches each of smoked clams, oysters and mackerel along with white rice, oregano, cumin and chile peppers.
However, he clammed up when Welker asked him to share other methods in which he might stay on.
Eating baked clams with my parents as a young child.
Invasive species such as the overbite clam consumed the zooplankton on which juvenile smelt had fed, toxic chemicals in farm runoff fouled the waters.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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