gam

Meanings

Noun

• A person's leg, especially an attractive woman's leg.
• a group of whales, or rarely also of porpoises; a pod.
• A social gathering of whalers (whaling ships).

Verb

• To pay a social visit on another ship at sea.
• To engage in social intercourse anywhere.

Origin

• From Italian gamba. gamba, jamb, and gamb.
• Uncertain but surely formed within English; etymons may include game or gammon.