Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Flamboyant glamour.
  • noun Glam rock.
  • adjective Flamboyantly glamorous.
  • adjective Relating to glam rock.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Loud talking; a noise; a cry; a shout; a call.
  • noun The clump or otter-shell, Lutraria elliptica, a bivalve mollusk.
  • noun A clamp used in the old method of castrating horses.

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  • noun glamour
  • adjective glamorous

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for glamour.]

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Shortening.

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  • short for glamorous

    also see glam rock

    June 19, 2008

  • A wound or sore. - an old provincial term from Exmoor England.

    May 2, 2011

  • word, message, loudly-spoken message, loud talk, noise, din, chatter, merrymaking

    from Icel. glam, a tinkling sound, noise

    * 1888, A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat, "A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 To 1580", glam

    God's glam to him ... "Purity" by Gawain

    The glam from the machinery was so loud, that we had to shout to be heard.

    August 30, 2011

  • is it related to glam(our)?

    August 30, 2011

  • We have the whalemunchers to blame for Gary Glitter?

    August 30, 2011