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flam (flam)

noun

a drumbeat made by striking the head of a drum with both drumsticks almost simultaneously

Etymology: prob. echoic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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