clammy.html - adj.
(clammier, clammiest)
1 unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy.
2 (of weather) cold and damp.

clammily adv. clamminess n. [ME f. clam to daub]

clammy.html - adj.
(clammier, clammiest)
1 unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy.
2 (of weather) cold and damp.

clammily adv. clamminess n. [ME f. clam to daub]

clammy.html - {v.}, {slang} To refuse to say anything more; stop talking. * /The suspect clammed up, and the police could get no more information out of him./

clammy.html - {v.}, {informal} To put on strict controls; enforce rules or laws. * /After the explosion, police clamped down and let no more visitors inside the monument./ * /The school clamped down on smoking./ * /When the crowds became bigger and wilder, the police clamped down on them and made everyone go home./

clammy.html - transitive verb (Lifestyle and Leisure) To immobilize (an illegally parked car) by attaching a wheel clamp to it. Also, to subject (a person) to the experience of having his or her car clamped. Etymology: A specialized use of the verb, which has existed in the general sense 'to make fast with a clamp' since the seventeenth century. History and Usage: For history and usage, see wheel+clamp . In the first eight weeks 4,358 vehicles were clamped with the Denver shoe . Daily Telegraph 14 July 1983, p.
19 We've been clamped!! One just can't avoid every potential hazard!! Holiday Which? Mar. 1990, p. 73

clammy.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 any bivalve mollusc, esp. the edible N. American hard or round clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) or the soft or long clam (Mya arenaria).
2 colloq. a shy or withdrawn person.

--v.

intr. (clammed, clamming)
1 dig for clams.
2 (foll. by up) colloq. refuse to talk. [16th c.: app. f. clam a clamp]