Noun (2)
it must take a whole lot of clams to buy a car like that
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Noun
Guests will enjoy briny oysters and clams, sweet Dungeness crab, and crisp whites, roses, and sparkling wines while enjoying stellar views of the Seattle skyline.—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Maybe towards the weirder side of, like, Chinese cuisine with, like…sea slugs and clams.—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
Spend a day out on the water with a boat and gear rentals for crabbing or clamming.—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2025 One of my goals for 2024 was to do more fishing, crabbing and clamming.—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clam
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English clamm bond, fetter; akin to Old High German klamma constriction and perhaps to Latin glomus ball
Noun (2)
clam entry 1; from the clamping action of the shells
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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