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Flammed vs Flamed - What's the difference?

flammed | flamed |

As verbs the difference between flammed and flamed

is that flammed is past tense of flam while flamed is past tense of flame.

As an adjective flamed is

cooked or seared over open flames.

flammed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (flam)

    • flam

    English

    Etymology 1

    17th century; from flim-flam, Flimflam / Claptrap], [http://www.word-detective.com The Word Detective, 2009–04–13 itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A freak or whim.
  • A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
  • * All pretences to the contrary are nothing but cant and cheat, flam and delusion. 1692
  • * South
    • A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity.

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
  • * South
    • God is not to be flammed off with lies.

    Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.
    • Derived terms
    * flam paradiddle, flamadiddle

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    flamed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cooked or seared over open flames.
  • Of or pertaining to an undulating pattern of wood grain, which resembles flames.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (flame)