glam

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noun

ˈglam 

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: glamour

When it came to glam, the 36-year-old rocked a rosy smokey eye and a pink lip.

—India Roby

… Cow Creek Ranch … in south Shasta County has three separate homes decorated in Hollywood-style American West glam.

—Jessica Skropanic

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: glam rock

The 1970s saw … the invention of queer or transgressive subgenres such as disco, punk, and glam …

—Alyxandra Vesey

glam adjective

a glam look

glam gowns

The clip opened with [Khloe] Kardashian's glam squad tending to her face and hair …

—Ashleigh Gray

… finds his expressive voice … amid the tones of … acoustic guitars and hammily epic glam anthems.

—Tribune News Service

glam

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verb

glammed; glamming; glams

transitive verb

informal

: to make (someone or something) glamorous or more glamorous

—usually used with up

… supermodels strut the runways of Paris, Milan, and New York all glammed up in a breathtaking Galliano tulle explosion or impeccably tailored Westwood period piece.

—Paul Matthews

Making his feature directorial debut, Director X … shoots in Atlanta instead of Harlem, glamming up the story with fast cars, hip-hop and lots more women than the original …

—Sara Stewart

—sometimes used with out

I don't bother with getting glammed out with fancy stuff like I used to.

—Steven Tyler, quoted in Rolling Stone

Examples of glam in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Infiniti’s glam featured soft elements from her makeup by Amber Dreadon to her natural hair, styled by Coree Moreno. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

The 27-year-old styled her hair in a voluminous updo with braids and curly tendrils framing her glam for the evening. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 29 June 2026

Verb

Laura Geller products also come highly recommended, especially for mature skin types, and are loved by the makeup artists who glam Fran Drescher, Oprah, and Julia Louis Dreyfus. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 23 June 2026

But underneath the glitz and glam the true soul of Dallas shines bright. — Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

short for glamour or glamorous

Verb

derivative of glam entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1961, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1940, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing glam

• glam rock