Flimflam

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  • noun. Nonsense; humbug.
  • noun. A deception; a swindle.
  • transitive verb. To swindle; cheat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A freak; a trick; an imposition or deception.
  • To cheat out of (money), as in making or receiving change or the like.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A freak; a trick; a lie.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. nonsense
  • noun. deception
  • verb. To swindle or cheat
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. deceive somebody
  • noun. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    • Word Usage
    "He characterized as a flimflam my Medicare Advantage amendment to the health-care bill that would transitionally protect the benefits of nearly a million seniors currently enrolled in these plans."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cozen  deceive  delude  lead on  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    snooker  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Oran  Zinfandel  capful  coffeeroom  conman  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    balderdash  ballot-box stuffing  balls  baloney  bamboozle  
    variant
    flimflammed  flimflamming  
    verb-form
    flimflammed  flimflamming  flimflams  
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