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What does clam mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word clam? Here's what it means.

Noun
  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.
  2. Strong pincers or forceps.
  3. A kind of vise, usually of wood.
  4. (US, slang) A dollar (usually used in the plural).
  5. (derogatory) A Scientologist.
Verb
  1. To dig for clams.
Noun
  1. A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
Verb
  1. To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Adjective
  1. (obsolete) clammy.
Noun
Verb
  1. To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
  2. To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
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