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- Dictionaryflimflam/ˈflɪmflam/
noun
- 1. nonsensical or insincere talk: "pseudo-intellectual flimflam"
- 2. a confidence trick: "flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials"
verb
- 1. swindle (someone) with a confidence trick: "the tribe was flimflammed out of its land"
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noun [ U ] old-fashioned informal uk / ˈflɪm.flæm / us / ˈflɪm.flæm / Add to word list. talk that is confusing and intended to deceive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Lies, lying & hypocrisy. a pack of lies idiom. artifice. bad faith. black is white idiom. cakeism. falsehood. falsification. feed someone a line idiom. fib. fiction. lie
A sense meaning "deception" or "fraud" soon developed. The verb use didn't show up until well into the next century. In addition to general deceiving or tricking, the verb "flimflam" is often used specifically to refer to swindling someone out of money.
Flimflam definition: a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.. See examples of FLIMFLAM used in a sentence.
When someone plans a complicated scheme for tricking people out of their property or money, it's a flimflam. Many flimflams are some version of a con, or "confidence game," in which the con artist first gains the trust (or "confidence") of the victim, and then swindles money from him.
flimflam in American English. (ˈflɪmˌflæm) (verb -flammed, -flamming) informal. noun. 1. a trick or deception, esp. a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim. 2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh. transitive verb.
1. a trick or deception, esp. a swindle. 2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle. v.t. 3. to deceive, trick, or swindle.
Definition of flimflam noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
FLIMFLAM meaning: 1 : dishonest behavior meant to take money or property from someone usually used before another noun; 2 : foolish or deceptive words nonsense.
