I. ˈgam noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
1. Scotland : tooth ; especially : a large or crooked tooth
2. Scotland : mouth
II. ˈgam, ˈgaa(ə)m noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably from French dialect (northern) gambe
slang : leg
those trim gams of yours — J.H.Burns
most people … think I have nice gams — Ethel Merman
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps short for obsolete gammon talk, chatter — more at gammon
1. : a visit or friendly conversation especially between whalers or other seamen at sea or ashore
the story … had been told, in gam after gam , wherever whaleships met — A.B.C.Whipple
there'd be a famous gam up and down the sandy beach — Alan Villiers
2. : a school of whales : pod
IV. verb
( gammed ; gammed ; gamming ; gams )
intransitive verb
: to engage in a gam
whalers gammed in midocean on a hot tropical day — A.B.C.Whipple
transitive verb
1. : to have a gam with : visit with
I decided to gam some friends of mine — H.A.Chippendale
2. : to pass in conversation : while
congregate … to gam the hours away — H.A.Chippendale
V. abbreviation
gamut