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Webster 1913 Edition


Flam

Flam

(flăm)
,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
fleám
,
flǣm
, flight. √84 . Cf.
Flimflam
.]
A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
[Obs.]
A perpetual abuse and
flam
upon posterity.
South.

Flam

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flammed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flamming
.]
To deceive with a falsehood.
[Obs.]
God is not to be
flammed
off with lies.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flam

FLAM

,
Noun.
A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
Lies immortalized and consigned over as a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity.

FLAM

,
Verb.
T.
To deceive with falsehood; to delude.

Definition 2024


Flam

Flam

See also: flam and flám

Luxembourgish

Noun

Flam f (plural Flamen)

  1. flame

Related terms

flam

flam

See also: Flam and flám

English

Noun

flam (plural flams)

  1. A freak or whim.
  2. A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
    • All pretences to the contrary are nothing but cant and cheat, flam and delusion. 1692[1]
    • South
      A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity.
Translations

Verb

flam (third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed)

  1. (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
    • South
      God is not to be flammed off with lies.
Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

flam (plural flams)

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

References

  1. 1 2 Flimflam / Claptrap, The Word Detective, 2009–04–13
  2. flam” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams


Catalan

Noun

flam m (plural flams)

  1. flan (custard dessert)

Volapük

Noun

flam (plural flams)

  1. flame

Declension