What does flimflam mean?
Flimflam means Alternative form of flim-flam..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈflɪmflæm/ · noun
Alternative form 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.
Use flimflam when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flimflam means Alternative form of flim-flam..
Common synonyms include sting, hustle, con, bunco.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.