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cammed out

cammed out is the simple past and past participle of cam out.

Meaning of cam out

Verb

cam out (third-person singular simple present cams out, present participle camming out, simple past and past participle cammed out)

  1. To slip out of the head of the screw being driven once the torque required to turn the screw exceeds a certain amount.

Adjective

cammed out (comparative more cammed out, superlative most cammed out)

  1. (Transportation) An aggressive camshaft profile tailored for high-power operation, resulting in rough, loping operation at idle power.
    • The racecar's cammed out engine raspily loped and sputtered as it waited for the green light.

Forms of cammed out

comparativemore cammed out
superlativemost cammed out

Questions about cammed out

What does cammed out mean?
Cammed out means an aggressive camshaft profile tailored for high-power operation, resulting in rough, loping operation at idle power.
What is cammed out the simple past and past participle of?
Cammed out is the simple past and past participle of cam out.
What part of speech is cammed out?
Cammed out is an adjective.

Words near cammed out in the dictionary

  1. Cammarata
  2. Cammaratas
  3. cammaron
  4. cammarons
  5. cammed
  6. cammed out
  7. cammer
  8. Cammeray
  9. Cammermeyer
  10. cammers
  11. Cammi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cammed out (page history and authors); cam out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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