| Back | lam \lam\ |
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| Front | verb 1. To beat; thrash. 2. To beat; strike; thrash (usually followed by out or into). [Lam likely finds its roots in the Old Norse lemja meaning "to lame." It entered English in the late 16th century.] Like kingpins, one steel tier lammed into another, then they all crashed to the floor with a sound as of the roof falling. - Richard Wright, Black Boy, 1945 That was just before he lammed out—the time he knocked off that crumb from uptown. I remember once when Harry cut up a guy so bad, the guy couldn't walk. - Ed McBain, Learning to Kill, 2006 |
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