English Dictionary

clam

/klæm/

noun

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

I found a beautiful clam on the beach.

意味（1）

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

意味（2）

Strong pincers or forceps.

意味（3）

A kind of vise, usually of wood.

意味（4）

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

Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!

意味（5）

(slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.

So the clams have John Travolta, Tom Cruise, et al in their hot li'l ol'P-R hands […]

意味（6）

(slang, vulgar) A vagina.

意味（7）

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

意味（8）

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

意味（9）

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

Why, he hasn't opened his clam since that morning in your room. I expected he would hold forth on every and all occasions.