About The Word Flimflam

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Flimflam

Flimflam Meaning & Definition
Flimflam Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flimflam?

[n] a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flimflam: bunco | bunco game | bunko | bunko game | con | con game | confidence game | confidence trick | gyp | hustle | sting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flimflam: balderdash | ballot-box stuffing | balls | baloney | bamboozle | bamboozlement | beat | befool | befooling | beguile of | bilk | blague | bluffing | bosh | boutade | brainstorm | bull | bullshit | bunco | bunk | bunkum | burn | calculated deception | capriccio | caprice | cardsharping | cheat | cheating | chicane | chisel | chouse | chouse out of | circumvention | claptrap | cock-and-bull story | cog | cog the dice | con | conceit | conning | cozen | cozenage | crank | crap | craze | crazy idea | crib | crotchet | deceit | deceiving | deception | deceptiveness | defraud | defrauding | delusion | delusiveness | diddle | diddling | dishonesty | do | do in | do out of | dodge | double-talk | drivel | dupery | enmeshment | ensnarement | entanglement | entrapment | euchre | exaggeration | eyewash | fad | fairy tale | fake | fallaciousness | fallacy | falsehood | falseness | falsity | fancy | fantastic notion | fantasy | farfetched story | farrago | fib | fiction | finagle | fish story | fishy transaction | flam | fleece | flimflammery | fob | fond illusion | fool | fool notion | fooling | fraud | fraudulence | fraudulency | freak | freakish inspiration | fudge | gammon | gerrymandering | ghost story | gouge | graft | grift | gull | gyp | gyp joint | half-truth | hallucination | harebrained idea | have | hoax | hocus | hocus-pocus | hogwash | hoke | hokum | hoodwink | hoodwinking | hooey | hot air | humbug | humbuggery | humor | illicit business | illusion | imposition | imposture | jazz | jiggery-pokery | kidding | kink | legal fiction | lie | little white lie | maggot | megrim | mendacity | mirage | moonshine | mulct | notion | outwitting | overreach | overreaching | pack the deal | passing fancy | phantasm | pigeon | pious fiction | practice fraud upon | prevarication | putting on | quirk | racket | rook | scam | screw | self-deception | sell | sell gold bricks | sham | shave | shortchange | slight stretching | snow job | song and dance | spoofery | spoofing | stack the cards | stick | sting | story | subterfuge | swindle | swindling | take a dive | tale | tall story | tall tale | taradiddle | thimblerig | throw a fight | toy | trickiness | tricking | trumped-up story | untruth | vagary | victimization | victimize | vision | whim | whimsy | whim-wham | white lie | willful misconception | wishful thinking | yarn

See Also | cheat | rig | swindle

Flimflam In Webster's Dictionary

\Flim"flam\, n. [Cf. {Flam}.] A freak; a trick; a lie. --Beau. & Fl.

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