- flimflamming
- flim·flam || 'flɪmflæm n. (Slang) nonsense, silliness; fraud, deception v. cheat, swindle (Slang)
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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
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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 — 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
racket — n 1. noise, din, uproar, clamor, hubbub; vociferation, vociferousness, babel, shouting, whooping, bellowing, yelling, roaring, hooting, Inf. hollering, squalling, howling, crying, bawling, wailing, shrieking, screeching, shrilling, caterwauling;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
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 — [“flImflAm] 1. n. a confidence trick or deception. □ The whole business sounds like a bit of flimflam to me. □ The crooks pulled a nasty flimflam on Betsy. 2. n. nonsense; deception. □ Beware of the flimflam they will try to pull on you … 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
