Definition of clam up

clam up    

verb

• to freeze because of nervousness.

  I clammed up during the presentation.

  Last edited on Jul 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'clam':
as happy as a clam	Definitions include: happy and content.
bearded clam	Definitions include: female genitalia.
clam	Definitions include: Musician's slang for a wrong note.
clam bake	Definitions include: gathering dominated by female attendees.
clam chowder	Definitions include: a slang term for the STD known as Chlamydia.
clam chowder fest	Definitions include: more females than males in a gathering.
clam-fest	Definitions include: Musician's slang for a performance in which many wrong notes are heard.
clams	Definitions include: One piece of currency.
eat some clams	Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
hairy clam	Definitions include: the vulva.
happy as a clam	Definitions include: happy and content.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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