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glam

(glăm)

1. Flamboyant glamour.

2. Glam rock.

adj.

1. Flamboyantly glamorous.

2. Relating to glam rock.

[Short for glamour.]

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glam

(ɡlæm)

adj

informal short for glamorous

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glam

(glæm) Informal. n.

1. glamour.

adj.

2. glamorous.

[1960–65; by shortening]

Translations

glam

[glæm]

A. VT to glam up [+ person] → acicalar; [+ building, area] → mejorar el aspecto de

B. ADJ = glamorous

C. N = glamour

D. CPD glam rock N → glam rock m

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glam

[ˈglæm] (British) adj (= glamorous) → glamour invglammed up adj → glamour inv

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glam

adj (inf) → schick

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References in periodicals archive ?

The Great Glam Mothers will be hitting the North East clubs soon with their own inimitable act in tribute to the 70s.

We all wear glam rock costumes and our props on stage include a Chopper bike and bubble machines.

They all wear full glam rock outfits including wigs and platform boots.

Glam era in all its glory

Curators Darren Pih and Eleanor Clayton's argument is that glam was "a migration of fine art ideas to the front line of popular culture", using it as a window through which to view the era's artistic developments on both sides of the Atlantic.

They set out their stall with meticulous care in a series of 'rooms', charting themes including art, artifice, transformation and the phenomenon of camp, as well as 'Glam Mania' - the aspirational adoption of the most accessible strands of the movement by a wider public.

Review; GLAM: THE PERFORMANCE OF STYLE Tate Liverpool

THE RISK Glam, Stockton, tonight pounds 3 before 11pm or pounds 5 after

Also playing: The Risk

Darren believes this is the first time the glam era (the years 1971-5) has been critically evaluated, with the exhibition using glam as a prism through which to view artistic developments in the UK, Europe and the United States.

Darren explains: "Glam was, in many ways, fine art ideas at the edge of popular culture.

Tate Glams up

Bill Surtees, area manager for Harewood Operations who own Glam, said everybody was looking forward to to the gig.