flimflam

Meaning of flimflam

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

mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication.

Information about flimflam

  • The plural form of flimflam is: flimflams.
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Hyphenation of flimflam

flim-flam

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • flimflam is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

flimflam synonyms

Meaning bunco:

bunco, bunko, con, gyp, hustle, sting

Words that rhyme with flimflam

Flam, flam, Cataflam, Laflam, cataflam, Goldflam, postinflam

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