Luxembourgish

Noun

Flam f ‎(plural Flamen)

1. flame

Related terms

• flamen

English

Noun

flam ‎(plural flams)

1. A freak or whim.
2. A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
   • All pretences to the contrary are nothing but cant and cheat, flam and delusion. 1692^[1]
   • South

     A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity.

Translations

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
   • South

     God is not to be flammed off with lies.

Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

flam ‎(plural flams)

1. (drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.

Derived terms

• flam paradiddle, flamadiddle

References

1. 1 2 Flimflam / Claptrap, The Word Detective, 2009–04–13
2. ↑ “flam” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• FMLA

Catalan

Noun

flam m ‎(plural flams)

1. flan (custard dessert)

Volapük

Noun

flam ‎(plural flams)

1. flame

Declension