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lam¹

  • /læm/

Rhymes with -æm

Where it comes from

From Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

verb lams · lamming · lammed · lamm

  1. informal, transitive To beat or thrash. A fist flew, whamming the punching bag, another lamming it in the center, and at last, a swift thrust of the foot pinning it to the wall.
  2. dated, intransitive, slang To flee or run away. [Gangster running away:] Batman and Robin! Let's lam!

noun lams · lamm

  1. slang A flight or escape. on the lam

lam²

  • /læm/

Rhymes with -æm

Where it comes from

From Arabic لَام (lām), the name of the letter ل (l).

noun lams

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).

LAM³

noun LAMs

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of light antiarmor/antiarmour missile
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of land attack missile
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of loitering attack missile
  4. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of lactational amenorrhea method, a method of birth control through breastfeeding.
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Lam⁴

  • /læm/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Cantonese 林 (lam4) or Cantonese 藍／蓝 (lam4). Doublet of Lin and Lim.

proper noun Lams

  1. A surname from Cantonese.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thrash, run, scarper, run away, turn tail, break away, getaway, flail, bunk, thresh, wallop, whack, lynch, flee, escape, rim

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verb to beat or thrash

Españolpaliza, golpiza

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Chicago

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@misc{lam_2026,
  title = {lam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}