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flamming

flamming is the present participle and gerund of flam.

Meaning of flam

Verb (1)

flam (third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed)

  1. (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
    • God is not to be flammed off with Lyes.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Verb (2)

flam (third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed)

  1. (ambitransitive, drumming) To play (notes as) a flam.
    • We will commence to flam the notes now, as most of them are flammed when you play a March.1923, Edward B. Straight, The Straight System of Modern Drumming: The "Natural Way" to Play Drums, page 10

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Questions about flamming

What is flamming the present participle and gerund of?
Flamming is the present participle and gerund of flam.

Words near flamming in the dictionary

  1. flammed
  2. flammekueche
  3. flammeous
  4. Flammer syndrome
  5. flammiferous
  6. flamming
  7. flammivomous
  8. flammkuchen
  9. Flamms
  10. flammulated
  11. flammulated owl

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