from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
intransitive verb To escape, as from prison.
noun Flight, especially from the law.
intransitive verb To give a thorough beating to; thrash.
intransitive verb To strike; wallop.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun An obsolete spelling of lamb.
To thrash; beat.
noun In weaving, a leaf or heddle.
noun An abbreviation of Lamentations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb Obs. or Low To beat soundly; to thrash.
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noun The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ﻝ. It is preceded by ك and followed by م.
noun Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.
verb transitive To beat or thrash
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb give a thrashing to; beat hard
noun a rapid escape (as by criminals)
verb flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Origin unknown.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lemja, to cripple by beating, flog.]
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From Old Norse lemja.
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Examples
"She was living comfortably - making friends and going out dancing," said Shadwick, who added that the full story of what Parrett did on the lam is not yet known.
"She was living comfortably - making friends and going out dancing," said Shadwick, who added that the full story of what Parrett did on the lam is not yet known.
Yet, the neocons long assumed that a majority in Iraq would vote for a man on the lam from a sentence of 22 years in neighboring Jordan for fraud in the collapse of the Chalabi family's Petra Bank.
Yet, the neocons long assumed that a majority in Iraq would vote for a man on the lam from a sentence of 22 years in neighboring Jordan for fraud in the collapse of the Chalabi family's Petra Bank.
On the frontpage of today’s Wall Street Journal there’s a story about two Black Panter Party members who have been on the lam from the law for 40 years.
T. W.That rifle sounds about right, same weight as factory wood even though lam. is usually heavier but you didn't say caliber but from everything I've read (don't have one) they're near syn. quality.
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