Synonyms for lam

Most common

break away · high-tail it · turn tail · scat · flail · thresh

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To beat or thrash.

2. v. 2

   To flee or run away.

   [Gangster running away:] Batman and Robin! Let's lam!

Related words

Phrases

lam into

Forms

Past participle

lammed
e.g. lammed → escaped, scatted, bunked, scarpered…

Example sentences

• scat When Mary wasn't home, Tom would watch scat porn.
• flail Don't just flail around aimlessly. You need a plan.
• thresh A long time ago, people used to thresh by hand.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

run¹

4 letters

bunk¹, scat¹, drub¹

5 letters

flail¹

6 letters

escape², thrash¹, thresh¹

7 letters

scarper

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (escape² = 2 syllables).