flimflam
a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh.
to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.
Origin of flimflam
1Other words from flimflam
- flimflammer, noun
- flim·flam·mer·y, noun
Words Nearby flimflam
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How to use flimflam in a sentence
He neither genuflects to it nor tries to tart it up as a flashy, self-satisfied blockbuster flimflam.
Denis Villeneuve's Take on Dune Is an Admirably Understated Sci-Fi Spectacle | Stephanie Zacharek | September 3, 2021 | TimeBut this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.
What Did You Do in the Targeted Action, Daddy? | John McWhorter | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut that means they would have to dismiss his words as typical political flimflam.
Romney’s Secret Signals May Convince Voters He’s Truly Center-Right | Howard Kurtz | April 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI tried my darndest to flimflam the information out of him, but it was no use.
The Gray Phantom's Return | Herman LandonHe saw that modern financial ingenuity has found a way to flimflam the devil himself.
Yellowstone Nights | Herbert Quick
As long as there is plenty of flimflam to distract the viewer.
Toy Shop | Henry Maxwell DempseyA flimflam offer by a theologian of inchoate title to improved real estate in the Sky for real estate, rentals and cash on Earth.
The Roycroft Dictionary | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for flimflam
/ (ˈflɪmˌflæm) informal /
nonsense; foolishness
(as modifier): flimflam arguments
a deception; swindle
(tr) to deceive; trick; swindle; cheat
Origin of flimflam
1Derived forms of flimflam
- flimflammer, noun
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