LAM (lammed, lamming)

Pronunciation (US):

• LAM (noun)
  The noun LAM has 1 sense:

1. a rapid escape (as by criminals)

  Familiarity information: LAM used as a noun is very rare.

• LAM (verb)
  The verb LAM has 2 senses:

1. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
2. give a thrashing to; beat hard

  Familiarity information: LAM used as a verb is rare.

• LAM (noun)

Meaning:

A rapid escape (as by criminals)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lam; getaway

Context examples:

the thieves made a clean getaway / after the expose he had to take it on the lam

Hypernyms ("lam" is a kind of...):

escape; flight (the act of escaping physically)

• LAM (verb)

Meaning:

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

take to the woods; scat; scarper; run away; lam; hightail it; head for the hills; fly the coop; turn tail; run; bunk; break away; escape

Context examples:

If you see this man, run! / The burglars escaped before the police showed up

Hypernyms (to "lam" is one way to...):

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lam"):

flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)

skedaddle (run away, as if in a panic)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Give a thrashing to; beat hard

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flail; thrash; lam; thresh

Hypernyms (to "lam" is one way to...):

beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to lam the prisoners