flimflam

²flimflam

verb

flim·flammedflim·flam·ming

Definition of FLIMFLAM

transitive verb

: to subject to a flimflam

— flim·flam·mer noun

— flim·flam·mery \-ˌfla-mə-rē\ noun

Examples of FLIMFLAM

1. <everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone>

First Known Use of FLIMFLAM

1660

Related to FLIMFLAM

Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

Related Words: extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk

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