glam
/ɡlæm/
glam noun: glamour; glamorousness. Also the ellipsis of glam rock.
Noun (1)
glam (countable and uncountable, plural glams)
- Glamour; glamorousness.
- Who wouldn’t be a glamor girl, a certain-to-enamor girl?
What joie de vivre in her life is given her to cram,
The dinkum sex-appealing girl, the subtle-charm-revealing girl,
’Mong men the havoc-dealing girl—in short, the girl with glam.!1939 July 19, The Bulletin, Sydney, page 14, column 1
- Who wouldn’t be a glamor girl, a certain-to-enamor girl?
- A glamour; a cosmetic alteration applied to a piece of equipment.
- The three types of FFXIV glams: Skimpy, normal clothes, and joke outfits.2022 July 15, rhydderch_hael, Reddit
- So when you put a glam on an item it's on that item.2023 July 30, Karaethon22, Reddit
Adjective
Verb
glam (third-person singular simple present glams, present participle glamming, simple past and past participle glammed)
- To make glamorous or more glamorous.
- To apply a glamour to a piece of equipment.
- your sarcasm is amazing considering I glammed my shire bow with a lvl 1 bow to give my character an amateur hunter look.2018 July 26, BlerdOtaku, Reddit
- But another part i thought was exciting was just glamming every piece of gear i could find, so i could try literally any outfit.2023 November 9, Donplonex, Reddit
Noun (2) capitalized: GLAM
GLAM (countable and uncountable, plural GLAMs)
Proper noun capitalized: Glam
Glam
- University of Glamorgan, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
Also used as
glam is also the ellipsis of glam rock.
glam meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
glam in Hindi
- ग्लैम, ग्लेम
glam in Tamil
- கிளாம்
glam in Marathi
- ग्लॅम
glam in Urdu
- گلیم
More languagesFewer languages
- glam in Bengali
- গ্ল্যাম, গ্ল্যাম করা
- glam in Telugu
- గ్లామ్, గ్లాం
- glam in Malayalam
- ഗ്ലാം
- glam in Kannada
- ಗ್ಲ್ಯಾಮ್, ಗ್ಲಾಮ್, ಗ್ಲ್ಯಾಮ್ಗೆ
- glam in Punjabi
- ਗਲੈਮ, ਗਲੇਮ
- glam in Gujarati
- ગ્લેમ, ગ્લૈમ
- glam in Odia
- ଗ୍ଲାମ୍, ଗ୍ଲାମ
- glam in Nepali
- ग्ल्याम, ग्लैम, ग्लाम
Examples of glam in a sentence
- The game will not let you apply the appearance of a piece of gear when that piece of gear already has a glam on it.2025 July 22, poplarleaves, Reddit:
- Yes, glam is applied to whatever gear you currently wear so everytime you change a piece of your gear you'll need to glam it again.2026 May 24, hi_im_maverick, Reddit:
Synonyms of glam
Forms of glam
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | glams |
| plural | GLAMs |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | glammer |
| superlative | glammest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | glams |
| present participle | glamming |
| past participle | glammed |
| past | glammed |
Origin of glam
Clipping of glamour.
Shortened form of Glamorgan taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.
Words formed from glam
Phrases with glam
Words that rhyme with glam
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about glam
- What does glam mean?
- Glam means glamour; glamorousness.
- What is glam in Hindi?
- Glam in Hindi is ग्लैम, ग्लेम. See Glam meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use glam in a sentence?
- The game will not let you apply the appearance of a piece of gear when that piece of gear already has a glam on it.
- What part of speech is glam?
- Glam can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce glam?
- Glam is pronounced /ɡlæm/.
- What is the plural of glam?
- The plural of glam is glams.
Words near glam in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glam (page history and authors); GLAM (page history and authors); Glam (page history and authors); glam (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glam (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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