clem
1 of 2verb
ˈklem
variants or clam
ˈklam 
clemmed or clammed; clemmed or clammed; clemming or clamming; clems or clams
transitive verb
dialectal, England : to cause to suffer from hunger, thirst, or cold : starve
intransitive verb
dialectal, England : to suffer from hunger, thirst, or cold
clem
2 of 2noun
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plural -s
slang
: a fight or brawl especially between circus or carnival workers and the local townsfolk
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English clemmen to pinch
Noun
origin unknown
clams 1 of 2
noun
as in dollars
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents it must take a whole lot of clams to buy a car like that Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dollars
- bucks
- ones
- smackers
- bones
- greenbacks
- dead presidents
clams
2 of 2verb
as in shrimps
Synonyms & Similar Words
- shrimps
- fishes
- seals
- whales
- harvests
- picks
- accumulates
- forages
- gathers
- crops
- nets
- traps
- bags
- hays
- reaps
- snares
- hunts
- garners
- grows
- captures
- cuts
- gleans
- mows
- raises
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- plants
- seeds
- sows
- statutorily
- statutoriness
- statutory
- statutory bond
- statutory civilian
- statutory crime
- statutory declaration
- statutory instrument
- statutory next of kin
- statutory offense
- statutory order
- statutory period
- statutory rape
- statutory referendum
- statutory rule
- statutory rules
- statutory tenant
- statutory trust
- statvolt
- staty
- stau
- staucher
- Staudinger
- Staudinger equation
- staumrel