flimflam

¹flim·flam

noun \ˈflim-ˌflam\

Definition of FLIMFLAM

1

: deceptive nonsense

2

: deception, fraud

Examples of FLIMFLAM

1. The report is just a lot of corporate flimflam.
2. <giving the new guy at work her cell phone number—“in case of an emergency”—was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest>

Origin of FLIMFLAM

perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flim mockery

First Known Use: circa 1570

Related to FLIMFLAM

Synonyms: artifice, device, dodge, fetch, trick, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, wile

Related Words: bluff, end run, feint; cheating, chicanery, cozenage, craft, crookery, cunning, deception, dupery, duplicity, fakery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery; fraud, gaff, hoax, sham, swindle; blind, front, smoke screen

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Rhymes with FLIMFLAM

air dam, Annam, ashram, exam, goddamn, grandam, grand slam, hard clam, imam, logjam, madame, Mailgram, milldam, nizam, Priam, program, quondam, surf clam, tam-tam, thiram, trigram, webcam, whim-wham, ziram