Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a herd of whales;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), n. [fr. gamba leg.]
a leg. [slang]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gammed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gam"ming.] (Naut.)
(a) To gather in a gam; -- said of whales.
(b) To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social
intercourse anywhere.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), v. t. (Naut.)
To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at
sea.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), n. [Orig. uncert., perh. from gammon, talk.]
1. (Naut.) A herd, or school, of whales.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social
intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or
(Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social
intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or
(Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gam
n 1: a herd of whales
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "gam":
ankle, army, bayonet legs, be closeted with, bowlegs, bunch, calf,
causerie, chat, cnemis, colony, coze, cozy chat, drift, drive,
drove, drumstick, flock, foreleg, friendly chat, gamb, gambrel,
gang, gigot, gossip, ham, heart-to-heart talk, herd, hind leg,
hock, host, jamb, kennel, knee, leg, limb, litter, little talk,
make conversation, pack, pod, podite, popliteal space, prattle,
pride, prittle-prattle, school, scissor-legs, shank, shin, shoal,
skulk, sloth, stems, stumps, tarsus, tete-a-tete, tittle-tattle,
trip, troop, trotters, visit