clams
Meaning
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plural of clam
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/klæmz/
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clam
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- 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 clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- A type of strong pincers or forceps.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (slang) A dollar.
- (slang) A Scientologist.
- (slang) A vagina or vulva.
- (slang) In musicians' parlance, a wrong or misplaced note.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- (slang) mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)
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