Found 2 items, similar to Lamer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lam lam n : a rapid escape (as by criminals); “the thieves made a clean getaway”; “after the expose he had to take it on the lam” [syn: getaway] [also: lamming, lammed] lam v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; “If you see this man, run!”; “The burglars escaped before the police showed up” [syn: run, scarper, turn tail, run away , hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods , escape, fly the coop, break away] 2: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thrash, thresh, flail] [also: lamming, lammed]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lamer Lame \Lame\ (l[=a]m), a. [Compar. Lamer (l[=a]m"[~e]r); superl. Lamest.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm, OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. “Lame of one leg.” --Arbuthnot. “Lame in both his feet.” --2 Sam. ix. 13. “He fell, and became lame.” --2 Sam. iv. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect; as, a lame answer. “A lame endeavor.” --Barrow. [1913 Webster] O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. [1913 Webster] Lame duck (a) (Stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant] (b) An elected politician who is completing a term after having been defeated at an election; also, an office holder who cannot or chooses not to run again for the same office; -- So called from the presumed lack of political power of one who is soon to be out of office. (b) Any office holder who is serving out a term after a replacement has been selected. [1913 Webster +PJC]