caman

C3A1M3A1N1
/ˈkamən/

noun

Synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).

Similar
shinty
OriginIrish camán →
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Meanings

caman1

nouncaman (plural camans)

plural camans

  1. Synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).

    —One of the Crokes made a woeful wipe at him one time with his caman and I declare to God he was within an aim’s ace of getting it at the side of his temple.

    1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

    Synonyms: shinty

caman2

nouncaman (plural camans)

plural camans

  1. archaicArchaic form of caiman.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).

Similar
shinty
Also see
shinty

Origin

caman · noun

  1. Irishcamán
  2. Irishcamán
  3. Englishcaman

Borrowed from Irish camán.

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caman · noun

Alternative forms.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

manca
Cite this entry
APA

caman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caman

MLA

“caman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caman.

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