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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : gam
Phonetic Transcription : gæm

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Définition of gam

Origin :
  • "a leg," 1781, see gams.
  • As in limb : noun appendage
  • As in colloquy : noun conversation, debate
  • As in flirt : verb make advances toward someone
Example sentences :
  • There was but one blot upon his character—he hated Mrs. Gam.
  • Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • There is also another difference—there are no ladies at a gam.
  • Extract from : « Fighting the Whales » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • A “gam,” good reader, may be described as a “small tea-party” on the sea.
  • Extract from : « Philosopher Jack » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Judge Chester, the magistrate, was at the head of the gam, and so it was bound to succeed.
  • Extract from : « Sailing Alone Around The World » by Joshua Slocum
  • Amal′gam, a name applied to the alloys of mercury with the other metals.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 » by Various
  • The sacrifices that Mrs. Gam had made for that daughter were, she said, astonishing.
  • Extract from : « Men's Wives » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • To gam,” among the sealing-schooners, is a substitute for the verbs “to visit,” “to gossip.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Wolf » by Jack London
  • This man, whose surname Gam signifies p. 440crooked, was a petty chieftain of Breconshire.
  • Extract from : « Wild Wales » by George Borrow
  • During the interval, they sighted three other whaling craft, and stopped to gam with them.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Bride » by Ben Ames Williams
  • Gambia (gam'bi-a), an English colony in western Africa along the river Gambia.
  • Extract from : « Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four. » by William H. Elson

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