- flimflammed
- flim·flam || 'flɪmflæm n. (Slang) nonsense, silliness; fraud, deception v. cheat, swindle (Slang)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
flimflammed
Look at other dictionaries:
flimflam — flimflammer, n. flimflammery, n. /flim flam /, n., v., flimflammed, flimflamming. Informal. n. 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;… … Universalium
flimflam — UK [ˈflɪmˌflæm] / US noun Word forms flimflam : singular flimflam plural flimflams informal 1) [countable] a plan to steal from or cheat someone 2) [uncountable] nonsense Derived word: flimflam UK / US verb transitive Word forms flimflam :… … English dictionary
flimflam — I. noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flim mockery Date: circa 1570 1. deceptive nonsense 2. deception, fraud II. transitive verb (flimflammed; flimflamming) Date: 1660 to subject to a flimflam • … New Collegiate Dictionary
Maverick (TV series) — Maverick Title Card Genre Western Comedy Created by Roy Huggins … Wikipedia
The World Is Flat — Infobox Book name = The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty First Century image caption = Original 1st edition cover author = Thomas Friedman country = United States language = English subject = Globalization publisher = Farrar, Straus… … Wikipedia
flimflam — informal noun 1》 insincere or nonsensical talk. 2》 a confidence trick. verb (flimflams, flimflamming, flimflammed) cheat or deceive. Derivatives flimflammer noun flimflammery noun Origin C16: symbolic reduplication … English new terms dictionary
fooled — [adj] tricked bamboozled*, conned, deceived, deluded, duped, flimflammed*, hornswoggled*, misled, outfoxed*, snowed*, sucked in*; concept 537 Ant. clear, cognizant, unfooled, untricked … New thesaurus
dodge — [dad3] n. a swindle; a scam; a deception. □ What sort of dodge did you get flimflammed with? □ Gary has a new dodge to make money, but he hasn’t made any yet … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
flimflam — [flim′flam΄] n. [? redupl. < flam, deceptive trick] 1. nonsense; rubbish; humbug 2. a sly trick or deception vt. flimflammed, flimflamming Informal to trick, swindle, or cheat flimflammery n … English World dictionary
flimflam — n. & v. n. 1 a trifle; nonsense; idle talk. 2 humbug; deception. v.tr. (flimflammed, flimflamming) cheat; deceive. Derivatives: flimflammer n. flimflammery n. (pl. ies). Etymology: imit. redupl … Useful english dictionary
