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flam¹

  • /flæm/

Rhymes with -æm

Where it comes from

17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).

noun flams

  1. countable, uncountable A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
  2. archaic, countable, uncountable A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext all Pretences, or Pleas of Conscience, to the contrary, are nothing but Cant and Cheat, Flam and Delusion.

    Similar: deception, delusion

verb flams · flamming · flammed

  1. obsolete To deceive with a falsehood. God is not to be flammed off with Lyes.

flam²

  • /flæm/

Rhymes with -æm

Where it comes from

Imitative.

noun flams

  1. Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.

verb flams · flamming · flammed

  1. ambitransitive To play (notes as) a flam. We will commence to flam the notes now, as most of them are flammed when you play a March.

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"flam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flam. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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flam. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flam

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"flam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flam.

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@misc{flam_2026,
  title = {flam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}