Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. Present participle of lam.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Examples
-
Scanio peeled rubber as if he were lamming from a bank heist and cranked up a Frankie Valli cassette.
-
Lighter speculates that it may be rooted in the dialect Scandinavian verb lam, as in the 1525 “his wife sore lamming him,” meaning “to beat, pound or strike.”
-
The suggested connection is that to avoid a feared lamming related to slamming, one lams.
-
Mark Twain used it twice: “lamming the lady” in 1855 and “lam like all creation” in 1865, both clearly meaning “to beat.”
-
I suppose my uncle went and shouted at him in the shed and gave him a lamming or something.
-
He was worse in every way after that night in the cistern, and took to lamming me harder and harder.
-
[2] Then I drove the whole lot forth, mother and daughter, lamming into them with fist and foot.
-
2 Then I drove the whole lot forth, mother and daughter, lamming into them with fist and foot.
-
Look at the old crook now, still lamming that axe round to beat the cars because he thinks he's being watched!
-
'Why couldn't you say there was something wrong with you instead of lamming out like a lunatic?
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.