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LAM
/læm/
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What does LAM mean?
verb
- (informal) To beat or thrash.
noun
- (slang) A flight or escape.
- The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).
More meanings (7)
noun
- Abbreviation of light antiarmor/antiarmour missile.
- Abbreviation of land attack missile.
- Abbreviation of loitering attack missile.
- Acronym of lactational amenorrhea method, a method of birth control through breastfeeding.
- Abbreviation of lymphangioleiomyomatosis
proper noun
- A surname from Cantonese.
verb
- (dated, slang) To flee or run away.
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IPA pronunciation
/læm/
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You may, indeed, do it as you propose, by saying in Lam.
“Well, say, Joe, you can be Friar Tuck or Much the miller’s son, and lam me with a quarter-staff; or I’ll be the Sheriff of Nottingham and you be Robin Hood a little while and kill me.”