Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gam
Participle: gammed
Gerund: gamming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gam |
| you | gam |
| he;she;it | gams |
| we | gam |
| you | gam |
| they | gam |
Perfect
| I | have gammed |
| you | have gammed |
| he;she;it | has gammed |
| we | have gammed |
| you | have gammed |
| they | have gammed |
Past
| I | gammed |
| you | gammed |
| he;she;it | gammed |
| we | gammed |
| you | gammed |
| they | gammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gammed |
| you | had gammed |
| he;she;it | had gammed |
| we | had gammed |
| you | had gammed |
| they | had gammed |
Future
| I | will gam |
| you | will gam |
| he;she;it | will gam |
| we | will gam |
| you | will gam |
| they | will gam |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gammed |
| you | will have gammed |
| he;she;it | will have gammed |
| we | will have gammed |
| you | will have gammed |
| they | will have gammed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gam |
| you | gam |
| he;she;it | gam |
| we | gam |
| you | gam |
| they | gam |
Perfect
| I | have gammed |
| you | have gammed |
| he;she;it | have gammed |
| we | have gammed |
| you | have gammed |
| they | have gammed |
Imperfect
| I | gammed |
| you | gammed |
| he;she;it | gammed |
| we | gammed |
| you | gammed |
| they | gammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gammed |
| you | had gammed |
| he;she;it | had gammed |
| we | had gammed |
| you | had gammed |
| they | had gammed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gam |
| you | would gam |
| he;she;it | would gam |
| we | would gam |
| you | would gam |
| they | would gam |
Perfect
| I | would have gammed |
| you | would have gammed |
| he;she;it | would have gammed |
| we | would have gammed |
| you | would have gammed |
| they | would have gammed |
Imperative
| you | gam |
| we | Let's gam |
| you | gam |
Verbs conjugated like 'gam'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gam'
bam,
cam,
dam,
gab,
gad,
gag,
game,
gap,
gar,
gat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain but surely formed within English; etymons may include game or gammon.
Sample Sentences
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Although most whalemen looked forward to gamming and enjoyed these ocean-borne gatherings, there were at least a few whalemen who either grew weary of them, or just weary of gamming so often with the same ships over and over. [2008, Eric Jay Dolin, Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, →ISBN, page 436:]
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This was early in the summer of 1820, after nearly a year at sea, and they had gammed the whaling ship Aurora, which had on board not only plenty of letters but some newspapers as well. [2011, Paul Schneider, The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, →ISBN, page 255:]
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In chapter 2 we saw how gamming whalers sang songs that tied them to their homelands while emphasizing the transient, cosmopolitan nature of their work, […] [2014, James Revell Carr, Hawaiian Music in Motion, →ISBN, page 181:]