Lamé : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lamé	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Lamé
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): getaway, lam v flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" Synonym(s): 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 give a thrashing to; beat hard Synonym(s): thrash, thresh, lam, flail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.