lam

About 1.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lamba.
2. verb To beat or thrash.

   A fist flew, whamming the punching bag, another lamming it in the center, and at last, a swift thrust of the foot pinning it to the wall.

3. verb To flee or run away.
4. noun A flight or escape.

   on the lam

5. noun The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).

Similar words

thrash run scarper run away turn tail break away getaway flail bunk thresh

Often followed by

and not to the son et in a rim

Word family

Lam lammed lamming lams