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Definitions for Lam

[1] to beat; thrash.
[2] to beat; strike; thrash (usually followed by out or into ).
[3] a hasty escape; flight.
[4] to run away quickly; escape; flee: I'm going to lam out of here as soon as I've finished.
[5] the 23rd letter of the Arabic alphabet.
[6] Wi·fre·do [wi-frey -doh] /wɪˈfreɪ doʊ/ or Wil·fre·do [wil-frey -doh] /wɪlˈfreɪ doʊ/ , 1902–82, Cuban painter in Europe.
[7] laminated.
[8] Lamentations.
[9] (tr) to thrash or beat
[10] (intr; usually foll by into or out) to make a sweeping stroke or blow
[11] a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest
[12] on the lam making an escape in hiding
[13] (intr) to escape or flee
[14] Lamentations

Words related to Lam

emerge, depart, skip, duck, elude, slip, pass, vanish, circumvent, disappear, blow, avoid, dodge, run, abscond, decamp, bolt, shun, flee, desert

Words nearby Lam

lalo, lalo-, lalochezia, lalopathy, laloplegia, lam, lam., lama, lamaism, lamar, lamarck

Origin of Lam

āmFrom Arabic; see origin at lambda

Word origin for Lam

C19: perhaps from lam 1 (hence, to be off)

Synonyms for Lam

abscond, avoid, blow, bolt, circumvent, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, leave, pass, run, shun, skip, slip, vanish, bail out, break out, burst out, cut and run, cut loose, duck out, fly the coop, get away, get away with, get off, give someone the slip, go scot-free, make a getaway, make getaway, make off, make oneself scarce, play hooky, run away, run off, run out on, slip away, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take it on the lam, take on the lam, work out of, wriggle out