Yahoo Malaysia Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    flimflam
    /ˈflɪmflam/

    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"

    Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFLIMFLAM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Flimflam is an old-fashioned informal word for talk that is confusing and intended to deceive. Learn how to use it in sentences, see synonyms and contrast it with irony, and find translations in Chinese and other languages.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › flimflamFlimflam Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Flimflam is a noun meaning deceptive nonsense or a verb meaning to swindle someone. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and related words of flimflam from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › flimflamFLIMFLAM Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Flimflam definition: a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.. See examples of FLIMFLAM used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFLIMFLAM definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    3 meanings: 1. a. nonsense; foolishness b. (as modifier) 2. a deception; swindle 3. US to deceive; trick; swindle; cheat.... Click for more definitions.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › flimflamFlimflam - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When someone plans a complicated scheme for tricking people out of their property or money, it's a flimflam. Many flimflams are some version of a con, or "confidence game," in which the con artist first gains the trust (or "confidence") of the victim, and then swindles money from him.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › flimflamFlimflam - definition of flimflam by The Free Dictionary

    Define flimflam. flimflam synonyms, flimflam pronunciation, flimflam translation, English dictionary definition of flimflam. Informal n. 1. Nonsense; humbug. 2. A deception; a swindle. tr.v. flim·flammed , flim·flam·ming , flim·flams To swindle; cheat. flim′flam′mer n....

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishflimflam noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of flimflam noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.