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lammed

lammed is the simple past and past participle of lam.

Meaning of lam

Verb

lam (third-person singular simple present lams, present participle lamming, simple past and past participle lammed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To beat or thrash.
    • An' fo' I knowed it, he done picked up that bone an' lammed me ovah de head wid it.1930, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Mule Bone, Act II, Scene 2, in The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 5: The Plays to 1942: Mulatto to The Sun Do Move, edited by Leslie...
  2. (dated, intransitive, slang) To flee or run away.
    • [Gangster running away:] Batman and Robin! Let's lam!1947, Bill Finger, World's Finest Comics #30, "The Penny Plunderers!", p. 4

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Phrases with lammed

Questions about lammed

What is lammed the simple past and past participle of?
Lammed is the simple past and past participle of lam.

Words near lammed in the dictionary

  1. Lamm
  2. Lamma
  3. Lamma Island
  4. Lammas
  5. Lammastide
  6. lammed
  7. lammed into
  8. lammed off
  9. lammed out
  10. lammer
  11. lammergeier

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