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gammed

gammed is the simple past and past participle of gam.

Meaning of gam

Verb

gam (third-person singular simple present gams, present participle gamming, simple past and past participle gammed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To pay a social visit on another ship at sea.
    • Although most whalemen looked forward to gamming and enjoyed these ocean-borne gatherings, there were at least a few whalemen who either grew weary of them, or just weary of gamming so often with the same ships over and over.2008, Eric Jay Dolin, Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, →ISBN, page 436
  2. (US, dialectal) To engage in social intercourse anywhere.

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Questions about gammed

What is gammed the simple past and past participle of?
Gammed is the simple past and past participle of gam.

Words near gammed in the dictionary

  1. gammations
  2. gammatone
  3. gammatones
  4. gammaxene
  5. gamme
  6. gammed
  7. Gammel
  8. Gammell
  9. Gammells
  10. gammelost
  11. Gammels

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