lam

1. 1.

   a rapid escape (as by criminals)

   “the thieves made a clean getaway”

   “after the expose he had to take it on the lam”

   Synonymsgetaway

   Broaderescape

Other forms of lam

plural

lams·

past tense or participle

lammed

present participle

lamming

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lam

What does lam mean?

lam means "flee; take to one's heels; cut and run". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lam?

lam has 1 syllable: lam. In IPA it is /ˈlæm/.

What is another word for lam?

Close synonyms include scat, run, scarper, turn tail, run away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lam a common word?

lam is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lam?

1 word rhymes with lam. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.