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flams

flams is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 flams

What is flams the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flam.

Words near flams in the dictionary

  1. flammulated owls
  2. flammulation
  3. flammulations
  4. flammule
  5. flammules
  6. flams
  7. Flamstead
  8. Flamsteedian
  9. flamy
  10. flan
  11. Flanagan

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