"lamming" meaning in English

See lamming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: lammings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lamming (plural lammings)
  1. A beating.
    Sense id: en-lamming-en-noun-fqDUGU1O Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 58 42

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lamming
  1. present participle and gerund of lam Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lam
    Sense id: en-lamming-en-verb-naX3kP8f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

Inflected forms

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