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flam

Pronunciation: /flæm/

The English word “flam” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
  2. A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext
  3. Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.

verb

  1. To deceive with a falsehood.
  2. To play (notes as) a flam.

Etymology

17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).

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