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flimflam en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈflɪmflæm/

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of flim-flam.
    alt of flim-flam
    • Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t. 2025 November 22, David Frum, “Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2025:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
flimflams Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (5)

nl zwendel (Translations) · pl przekręt (Translations) · nl bedrog (Translations) · pl szwindel (Translations) · nl afzetterij (Translations)

flimflam en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈflɪmflæm/

Meanings

  1. To swindle or cheat.

Forms

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flimflammed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flimflammed Tense=Past lexicographic
flimflamming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flimflams Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

flimflammery · flimflammer

Translations (4)

pl kantować (Translations) · nl bedriegen (Translations) · pl okantować (Translations) · pl bachnąć (Translations)