How to pronounce flimflam
American English pronunciation
FLIM-flam
- IPA
- /ˈflɪmˌflæm/
- Syllables
- FLIM · flam (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What flimflam means
A trick meant to cheat someone
In a sentence: The "magic" weight-loss tea was just a flimflam.
Where it comes from: It is a playful doubled-up word that people have used since the 1500s. It may be related to an Old Norse word meaning mockery.
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