flam /flæm/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note. •A freak or whim; an idle fancy. •(no longer used) A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretextall Pretences, or Pleas of Conscience, to the contrary, are nothing but Cant and Cheat, Flam and Delusion. — 1692 verb2 •To play (notes as) a flam.We will commence to flam the notes now, as most of them are flammed when you play a March. — 1923 •(no longer used) To deceive with a falsehood.God is not to be flammed off with Lyes. — 1692 formsflammed · flamming · flams
