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clam(
klahm
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
2. (culinary)
3. (slang) (currency) (United States)
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Regionalism used in the United States
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (colloquial) (to stop talking; used with "up")
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. cerrar el pico
When I asked her about her divorce, she clammed up and didn't speak again all evening.Cuando le pregunté por su divorcio, ella cerró el pico y no volvió a hablar en toda la tarde.
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