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Flam meaning

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

Using Flam

  • The main meaning on this page is: A freak or whim; an idle fancy. | A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext
  • In the example corpus, flam often appears in combinations such as: flam is.

Context around Flam

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

flim 3× visit 1× film 1× faye 1× drake 1× alongside 1× stems 1× movement 1×

Often after:

railway 1× artist 1× chen 1× jansen 1× fire 1×

Sentence patterns with Flam

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are flim flam 1× danielle drake flam 1× episode film flam 1× is the flam railway 1× latinate stems flam fire latin 1× mauritanian movement flam is based 1× she found flam chen a 1× some flim flam artist s 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

additional reporting by 1× asimov 1994 other 1× could somebody please 1× for many people 1× i was thrown 1× managers are gonna 1×

Common sentence endings:

and circus performance 1× are flim flam 1× bloomberg opinion columnist 1× danielle drake flam 1× episode film flam 1× flam is based 1×

Words around Flam

Just before it in the word index:

flaky 66 flakvierling 2 flakus 3 flaks 2 flakoll 2 flaking 26

Just after it in the word index:

flaman 3 flamand 3 flamank 2 flambard 3 flambards 12 flambeau 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Flam

  • In this selection, "flam" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, flim, visit, film, railway, artist and chen stand out and add context to how "flam" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are flim flam and danielle drake flam. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "flam" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with flam

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Additional reporting by Danielle Drake-Flam. (6 words)

Asimov 1994 Other books are Flim-Flam! (7 words)

Science writer Faye Flam is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

The lexicon mostly comprises deformed or truncated Latinate stems (flam "fire" ← Latin flamma; lap "stone" ← Latin lapis; leg "to read" ← Latin legō), but other origins are also apparent (uis "wisdom" ← English wise; kas "helmet" ← French casque). (36 words)

I was thrown into the mix of things alongside Flam Jansen and Golla van Staden and that is how my relationship with Stars got off the ground,” Bobby recalls. (29 words)

For many people, the sole reason to visit Flam, the village at the end of the spectacular, 29-kilometre-long Aurlandsfjord in western Norway, is the Flam Railway. (28 words)

Question examples

Could somebody please tell the Flim Flam Führer that E15 was Obama's idea? (14 words)

Exclamation examples

Asimov 1994 Other books are Flim-Flam! (7 words)

Example sentences (11)

For many people, the sole reason to visit Flam, the village at the end of the spectacular, 29-kilometre-long Aurlandsfjord in western Norway, is the Flam Railway.

Managers are gonna buy into some flim-flam artist's promises of great code with few developers, laying off tons of them.

He also had one-off TV roles that included playing high school basketball star Bobby Riddle in and aspiring actor Darryl Harding in episode “Film Flam”.

Science writer Faye Flam is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist.

Could somebody please tell the Flim Flam Führer that E15 was Obama's idea?

Within a week of her arrival, she found Flam Chen, a company of artists specializing in fire and circus performance.

Additional reporting by Danielle Drake-Flam.

I was thrown into the mix of things alongside Flam Jansen and Golla van Staden and that is how my relationship with Stars got off the ground,” Bobby recalls.

Asimov 1994 Other books are Flim-Flam!

The lexicon mostly comprises deformed or truncated Latinate stems (flam "fire" ← Latin flamma; lap "stone" ← Latin lapis; leg "to read" ← Latin legō), but other origins are also apparent (uis "wisdom" ← English wise; kas "helmet" ← French casque).

This is also where the black Mauritanian movement FLAM is based.

Common combinations with flam

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • flam is 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "flam" in a sentence?
An example: "For many people, the sole reason to visit Flam, the village at the end of the spectacular, 29-kilometre-long Aurlandsfjord in western Norway, is the Flam Railway." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "flam" from authentic English texts.
What does "flam" mean?
Flam means: A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
How many example sentences with "flam" are there?
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