flimflam

See also: flim-flam

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪmflæm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

flimflam (countable and uncountable, plural flimflams)

1. Alternative form of flim-flam.
   • 2025 November 22, David Frum, “Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 November 2025:

     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.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: bedrog (nl) n, zwendel (nl) m, afzetterij (nl) f

Verb

flimflam (third-person singular simple present flimflams, present participle flimflamming, simple past and past participle flimflammed)

1. To swindle or cheat.

Derived terms

• flimflammer
• flimflammery

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: bedriegen (nl)
• Polish: bachnąć pf (colloquial)