Meaning of Clam | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
2. clamminess; moisture
3. Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism, a device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust the set.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
4. A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
5. A type of strong pincers or forceps.
   historical, in-plural
6. A kind of vise, usually of wood.
7. A dollar.
   US, in-plural, slang
8. A Scientologist.
   derogatory, slang
9. A vagina or vulva.
   slang, vulgar
10. A wrong or misplaced note.
    slang
11. One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
    informal
12. mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)
    US, dated, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.”

“Long as I have my clams I don't give a damn about revolution / Long as I have my rice I don't have to think twice about a solution”

“Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!”

“The network canceled—nonco-operation their legal shysters said. Suing me, for, for ten million clams, damages to sponsors, agencies.”

“So the clams have John Travolta, Tom Cruise, et al in their hot li'l ol'P-R hands […]”

“You had too many fucking days off, and you think this is a game? You think I'm the only one that's going to work up there while you motherfuckers sit out there and clam all over this fucking joint? What do you think this is anyhow? What kind of playing do you think this is? What kind of miscues do you call this?... You afraid you won't be heard? Everybody can hear your fucking clams out there. You don't need a mic for that. You taking up too much time blowing what? Shit! You stand out here all fucking night trying to blow your brains out. When it comes time to play, what do you play? Clams?! You got nowhere to fucking go the next day. I hear one fucking clam from anybody, you've had it! One clam and this whole fucking band is through tonight. Try me!”

“Why, he hasn't opened his clam since that morning in your room. I expected he would hold forth on every and all occasions.”

“Jason wouldn't shut his clam about the invaders.”

“By the bells standing too long in leading compass, the rest are thrown and jumbled together; whereby claps and clams so unpleasing to the hearers are occasion'd.”

“The clam of death.”

“The CLAM can be 'clipped on' by the rower with little difficulty, so the load can be changed between alternating headwind–tailwind pieces.”

“Use a clam to make a quick or temporary change to the inboard/outboard...The clam sits against the outer face of the collar.”

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