clam | (noun) burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | - |
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(noun) flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams | - |
(noun) a piece of paper money worth one dollar | Synonyms: buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill |
(verb) gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean | - |
clamant | (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: crying, exigent, insistent, instant |
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(adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: blatant, clamorous, strident, vociferous |
clamatorial | (adjective) of or relating to Clamatores | - |
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clambake | (noun) a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed | - |
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clamber | (noun) an awkward climb | - |
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(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle |
clammily | (adverb) in a clammy manner | - |
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clamminess | (noun) unpleasant wetness | Synonyms: dankness |
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clammy | (adjective) unpleasantly cool and humid | Synonyms: dank |
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clammyweed | (noun) strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs | Synonyms: Polanisia dodecandra, Polanisia graveolens |
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clamor | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry |
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(noun) a loud harsh or strident noise | Synonyms: blare, blaring, cacophony, din |
(verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily | Synonyms: clamour |
(verb) make loud demands | Synonyms: clamour |
(verb) compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring | - |
clamoring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry |
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clamorous | (adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: blatant, clamant, strident, vociferous |
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clamorously | (adverb) in manner that attracts attention | Synonyms: loudly, obstreperously |
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clamour | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamouring, hue and cry |
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(verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily | Synonyms: clamor |
(verb) make loud demands | Synonyms: clamor |
clamouring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry |
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clamp | (noun) a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | Synonyms: clinch |
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(verb) impose or inflict forcefully | - |
(verb) fasten or fix with a clamp | - |
clampdown | (noun) sudden restriction on an activity | - |
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clams | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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clamshell | (noun) the shell of a clam | - |
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(noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: grapple |