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]