lam

IPA: ɫˈæm

noun

  • (slang) flight, escape
  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).
  • A surname from Cantonese.
  • (military, weaponry) Abbreviation of light antiarmor/antiarmour missile.
  • (military, weaponry) Abbreviation of land attack missile.
  • (military, weaponry) Abbreviation of loitering attack missile.

verb

  • (transitive, informal) To beat or thrash.
  • (intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
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Examples of "lam" in Sentences

  • The word lamé comes from the Old French for a thin plate of overlapping metal, as used in armor.
  • Turkish football coach and former player, Ertuğrul Sağlam is currently manager for Bursaspor club.
  • Most times, the journeys were undertaken in search of better opportunities; twice he was on the lam from the golfing authorities.
  • On the frontpage of today’s Wall Street Journal there’s a story about two Black Panter Party members who have been on the lam from the law for 40 years.
  • "She was living comfortably - making friends and going out dancing," said Shadwick, who added that the full story of what Parrett did on the lam is not yet known.
  • Yet, the neocons long assumed that a majority in Iraq would vote for a man on the lam from a sentence of 22 years in neighboring Jordan for fraud in the collapse of the Chalabi family's Petra Bank.
  • T. W.That rifle sounds about right, same weight as factory wood even though lam. is usually heavier but you didn't say caliber but from everything I've read (don't have one) they're near syn. quality.

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