getaway, lam
(noun) a rapid escape (as by criminals); “the thieves made a clean getaway”; “after the expose he had to take it on the lam”
thrash, thresh, lam, flail
(verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard
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
(verb) flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run; “If you see this man, run!”; “The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lam (plural Lams)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lam is the 611st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 55554 individuals. Lam is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (87.99%) individuals.
• ALM, AML, M.L.A., MLA, Mal, Mal., mal, mal-
lam (third-person singular simple present lams, present participle lamming, simple past and past participle lammed)
(transitive) To beat or thrash.
(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
lam (plural lams)
The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل. It is preceded by ك and followed by م.
• ALM, AML, M.L.A., MLA, Mal, Mal., mal, mal-
LAM (plural LAMs)
(military, weaponry) Abbreviation of light antiarmor/antiarmour missile.
• ALM, AML, M.L.A., MLA, Mal, Mal., mal, mal-
Source: Wiktionary
Lam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamming.] Etym: [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See Lame.]
Definition: To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
