lam

English Thesaurus

1. a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	escape, flight,
definition	:	the act of escaping physically (noun.act)

2. give a thrashing to; beat hard (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	beat, beat up, work over,
definition	:	give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression (verb.contact)

verb group	:	bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash,
definition	:	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight (verb.contact)

3. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	go away, go forth, leave,
definition	:	go away from a place (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	flee, fly, take flight,
definition	:	run away quickly (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	skedaddle,
definition	:	run away, as if in a panic (verb.motion)

4. a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	break loose, escape, get away,
definition	:	run away from confinement (verb.motion)

derivation	:	break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail,
definition	:	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

5. give a thrashing to; beat hard (verb.contact)

derivation	:	beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking,
definition	:	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows (noun.act)

derivation	:	flail,
definition	:	an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing (noun.artifact)

6. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

derivation	:	getaway, lam,
definition	:	a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	fleer, fugitive, runaway,
definition	:	someone who flees from an uncongenial situation (noun.person)

7. a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	break loose, escape, get away,
definition	:	run away from confinement (verb.motion)

derivation	:	break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail,
definition	:	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

8. give a thrashing to; beat hard (verb.contact)

derivation	:	beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking,
definition	:	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows (noun.act)

derivation	:	flail,
definition	:	an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing (noun.artifact)

9. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

derivation	:	getaway, lam,
definition	:	a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	fleer, fugitive, runaway,
definition	:	someone who flees from an uncongenial situation (noun.person)