Lamming

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lam
       n : 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}]
       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: {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {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}, {flail}]
       [also: {lamming}, {lammed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lamming
       See {lam}