Definition of "flam"

flam¹

/flæm/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural flams
1. A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
2. (archaic) A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext
  Quotations
  all Pretences, or Pleas of Conscience, to the contrary, are nothing but Cant and Cheat, Flam and Delusion.
  1692, Robert South, "A Further Account of the Nature and Measures of Conscience", in Forty Eight Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions (published 1697)
  a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity
  1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727
verb
third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed
1. (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
  Quotations
  God is not to be flammed off with Lyes.
  1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727

flam²

/flæm/

noun
plural flams
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
third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed
1. (drumming, transitive, intransitive) To play (notes as) a flam.
  Quotations
  We will commence to flam the notes now, as most of them are flammed when you play a March.
  1923, Edward B. Straight, The Straight System of Modern Drumming: The "Natural Way" to Play Drums, page 10
  Drums ruffled and flammed.
  1975, George Shipway, Free Lance, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P