Definition of "flam" in Englisch

noun

1. A freak or whim; an idle fancy.

2. (archaic) A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext

   • all Pretences, or Pleas of Conscience, to the contrary, are nothing but Cant and Cheat, Flam and Delusion.

verb

1. (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.

noun

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.

verb

1. (drumming, ambitransitive) To play (notes as) a flam.