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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a rapid escape (as by criminals);
- Example: "the thieves made a clean getaway"
- Example: "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
[syn: getaway, lam]


VERB (2)

1. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;
- Example: "If you see this man, run!"
- Example: "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
[syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]

2. give a thrashing to; beat hard;
[syn: thrash, thresh, lam, flail]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lam \Lam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lammed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Lamming.] [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr.
   lami, lama, lame. See Lame.]
   To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] --Beau. & Fl.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lam
    n 1: a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean
         getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
         [syn: getaway, lam]
    v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
         man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
         up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
         run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills,
         take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break
         away]
    2: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thrash, thresh,
       lam, flail]