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    [Verb]  | "lam" | \ ˈlam \


    1: to beat soundly : thrash

    2: strike, thrash

    3: to flee hastily : scram


    Origin: 1595 ;

     Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lemja to thrash; akin to Old English lama lame;

    [Noun]  | "lam" 


    1: sudden or hurried flight especially from the law


    Origin: circa 1897 ;

    [Abbreviation]  | "Lam" 


    1: Lamentations

    [Idiom]  | "on the lam" 


    1: trying to avoid being caught by the police

    [Idiom]  | "take it on the lam" 


    1: to try to escape —used mainly to suggest or imitate the language of old movies about gangsters

    [Noun]  | "lam" 


    1: the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement;


      * e.g., " ... the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam "



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    [Verb]  | "lam" 


    1: to get free from a dangerous or confining situation;


      * e.g., " ... let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time "



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     [ "lam" ]

    1: to run, sometimes follows "on the," meaning "on the run." Used by thirties-style gangsters, the same ones who said things like "Let's case the joint, see?"

      * e.g.,  ... Kramer: Yeah, he went down at the Beakman. He tried to lam, but they cheesed him. 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: Run. To be "on the lam" is to be on the run. Either from the law or from the mob. A popular expression in 1930's-1950's pulp fiction and film noir.

      * e.g.,  ... Louie was ratted out by that fink Joey and is now on the lam from the law. 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: The ultimate boss in a game or in a hood. No one can disrespect or disobey that person or will be severely punished. His powers are beyond one's understanding. Him winning at everything is very common.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't mess with that guy, he's the lam!! 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: short for 'leave a message' ofted used on aim.

      * e.g.,  ... i'm gonna be out for the day... lam for when i get back! 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: to ejaculate from sexual intercourse, oral sex, or masterbation

      * e.g.,  ... After Dennis had sex with caitlin he decided to lam on her face and body 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: lam- Lambourghini an italian, expensive luxury sports car

      * e.g.,  ... I was doing 180 in my lam. 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: an act of expression. a strong word that can be placed in just about any sentence. can be used when impressed, mad, happy, or anyother feeling

      * e.g.,  ... Lam, that girl is so blest! or Lam, did you see that girl? Lam yo, whats your problem!?! 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: Incredibly docile, virgin Asian-American male; subject to fits of self-loathing, demonstrated by extreme desire to be socially accepted

      * e.g.,  ... That dude is such a lam, he never leaves work so the boss will like him 

     [ "lam" ]

    1: laughing at monitor

      * e.g.,  ... a-c and dave lam together 


     [ "lam" ]

    2: kinda like lol but now your lamming it up like a fat chick

     [ "lam" ]

    1: Usually "out on the lam" A night of intense, usually unplanned partying and/or bar-hopping involving excessive alcohol consumption, inadequate food, somewhat-manic laughter and random escapades. Most often, but not exclusively, used to describe female-only nights out. The archetypal night on the lam: a hen night.

      * e.g.,  ... The girls stayed in bed until 3pm that day, destroyed by the previous night out on the lam. 

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