"flam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Catalan]

IPA: [ˈflam] [Balearic, Central, Valencia] Forms: flams [plural]
Rhymes: -am Etymology: Borrowed from French flan, from Old French flaon. Doublet of flaó. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ca|fr|flan}} Borrowed from French flan, {{der|ca|fro|flaon}} Old French flaon, {{doublet|ca|flaó}} Doublet of flaó Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} flam m (plural flams)
  1. flan (custard dessert) Wikipedia link: ca:flam Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-flam-ca-noun-DxlSzE~R Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

IPA: /flæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flam.wav Forms: flams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: 17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”). Etymology templates: {{cog|non|flim||lampoon, mockery}} Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flam (countable and uncountable, plural flams)
  1. A freak or whim; an idle fancy. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flam-en-noun-OXE6qJ1d Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 29 38
  2. (archaic) A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Synonyms: deception, delusion Translations (an illusory pretext; deception; delusion): измислица (izmislica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), измама (izmama) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-flam-en-noun-CMTXTn-Q Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 29 38 Disambiguation of 'an illusory pretext; deception; delusion': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /flæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flam.wav Forms: flams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-noun}} flam (plural flams)
  1. (drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note. Derived forms: flam paradiddle, flamadiddle Translations (Translations): fla (French)
    Sense id: en-flam-en-noun-MOgTSm5c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 5 84 3 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 5 80 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 7 73 3 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 82 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 7 71 2 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /flæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flam.wav Forms: flams [present, singular, third-person], flamming [participle, present], flammed [participle, past], flammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: 17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”). Etymology templates: {{cog|non|flim||lampoon, mockery}} Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flam (third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed)
  1. (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood. Tags: obsolete Translations (To deceive with a falsehood.): измамвам (izmamvam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-flam-en-verb-H8krQs14 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 29 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /flæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flam.wav Forms: flams [present, singular, third-person], flamming [participle, present], flammed [participle, past], flammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-verb}} flam (third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed)
  1. (drumming, transitive, intransitive) To play (notes as) a flam. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-flam-en-verb-kvE7ww17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Volapük]

Head templates: {{head|vo|noun|nominative plural|flams|f1accel-form=nom|p|head=|sort=}} flam (nominative plural flams), {{vo-noun}} flam (nominative plural flams) Inflection templates: {{vo-decl-noun}} Forms: flams [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], flam [nominative, singular], flams [nominative, plural], flama [genitive, singular], flamas [genitive, plural], flame [dative, singular], flames [dative, plural], flami [accusative, singular], flamis [accusative, plural], o flam! [singular, vocative], o flams! [plural, vocative], flamu [predicative, singular], flamus [plural, predicative]
  1. flame
    Sense id: en-flam-vo-noun-vZ3F942s Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Volapük entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "To deceive with a falsehood."
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        "(obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood."
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      "word": "измамвам"
    }
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        "Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note."
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        "(drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note."
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      "word": "fla"
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          "ref": "1923, Edward B. Straight, The Straight System of Modern Drumming: The \"Natural Way\" to Play Drums, page 10:",
          "text": "We will commence to flam the notes now, as most of them are flammed when you play a March.",
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          "text": "Drums ruffled and flammed.",
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        }
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        "To play (notes as) a flam."
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        "(drumming, transitive, intransitive) To play (notes as) a flam."
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    {
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}

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