Definition of "clam" in Anglais

noun

1. 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.

2. (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps.

3. A kind of vise, usually of wood.

4. (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.

   • Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!

5. (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.

6. (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.

7. (slang) In musicians' parlance, a wrong or misplaced note.

8. (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.

9. (dated, US, slang) mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)

verb

1. To dig for clams.

noun

1. A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.

verb

1. To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Clammy.

noun

1. clamminess; moisture

verb

1. To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

2. To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

noun

1. (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM.

verb

1. Alternative form of clem (“to starve”).