"flimflam" meaning in All languages combined

See flimflam on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: flimflams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flimflam (countable and uncountable, plural flimflams)
  1. Alternative form of flim-flam Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: flim-flam
    Sense id: en-flimflam-en-noun-jvfszElI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 30

Verb [English]

Forms: flimflams [present, singular, third-person], flimflamming [participle, present], flimflammed [participle, past], flimflammed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} flimflam (third-person singular simple present flimflams, present participle flimflamming, simple past and past participle flimflammed)
  1. To swindle or cheat. Translations (Translations): bedriegen (Dutch), bachnąć [colloquial, perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-flimflam-en-verb-xIEe7sUt

Inflected forms

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