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glam

Pronunciation: /glam/
informal
Definition of glam

adjective

  • glamorous:a dapper magician and his glam assistant
  • relating to or denoting glam rock: some awful glam number from the mid seventies

noun

[mass noun]
  • glamour:Nigel, for all his glam, was Karen’s sort
  • glam rock: punk, glam, and psychedelia

verb (glams, glamming, glammed)

(glam up or glam someone up)
  • make oneself or someone else look glamorous: [with object]:the girls get glammed up for a night on the town

Origin:

1930s: abbreviation

glam in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of glam in the US English dictionary
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