flam

Meanings

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

1. To deceive with a falsehood.

1. Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.

1. To play (notes as) a flam.

Etymology

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