Adjacent Words
Flake knifeflake off
flake out
Flake stand
flake tool
Flake white
Flake-white
Flaked
flakey
flakiness
Flaking
Flaky
flamb
Flam definitions
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLAM, n. A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
Lies immortalized and consigned over as a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity.
FLAM, v.t. To deceive with falsehood; to delude.
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1819 a drumbeat of two strokes of which the first is a very quick grace note
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Flam Flam (fl[a^]m), n. [Cf. AS. fle['a]m, fl[=ae]m, flight. [root] 84 . Cf. Flimflam.] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.] A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. --South.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Flam Flam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flamming.] To deceive with a falsehood. [Obs.] God is not to be flammed off with lies. --South.
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
A lie, or sham story: also a single stroke on a drum. To flam; to hum, to amuse, to deceive. Flim flams; idle stories.
Moby Thesaurus
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