flam

Meanings

Plural: flams

Noun

A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext
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

To deceive with a falsehood.
To play (notes as) a flam.

Origin / Etymology

17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).

Synonyms

deception, delusion

Scrabble Score: 9

flam is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 11

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