"flim-flam" meaning in Îngilîzî

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Noun

Etymology: Ji flim + flam.
  1. bêwate, bêmane, gotina bêwate, gotina vala, gotina nerast, gotina derew
    Sense id: ku-flim-flam-en-noun-y5XtltQB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Peyvên îngilîzî yên pêkhatî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ji flim + flam.",
  "lang": "Îngilîzî",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Navdêr",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "bêwate, bêmane, gotina bêwate, gotina vala, gotina nerast, gotina derew"
      ],
      "id": "ku-flim-flam-en-noun-y5XtltQB"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "absurdity"
    },
    {
      "word": "all my eye"
    },
    {
      "word": "all my eye and Betty Martin"
    },
    {
      "word": "applesauce"
    },
    {
      "word": "bafflegab"
    },
    {
      "word": "balderdash"
    },
    {
      "word": "balls"
    },
    {
      "word": "baloney"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bandini"
    },
    {
      "word": "baragouin"
    },
    {
      "word": "batcrap"
    },
    {
      "word": "batshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "bilgewater"
    },
    {
      "word": "blah"
    },
    {
      "word": "blather"
    },
    {
      "word": "blatherskite"
    },
    {
      "word": "bollocks"
    },
    {
      "word": "bosh"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "bull"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullcrap"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulldust"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunk"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunkum"
    },
    {
      "word": "bushwah"
    },
    {
      "word": "claptrap"
    },
    {
      "word": "cobblers"
    },
    {
      "word": "codswallop"
    },
    {
      "word": "crap"
    },
    {
      "word": "crock"
    },
    {
      "word": "crock of shit"
    },
    {
      "word": "double Dutch"
    },
    {
      "word": "double talk"
    },
    {
      "word": "doublespeak"
    },
    {
      "word": "drivel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eyewash"
    },
    {
      "word": "fiddle-faddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "flapdoodle"
    },
    {
      "word": "flim-flam"
    },
    {
      "word": "flummery"
    },
    {
      "word": "folderol"
    },
    {
      "word": "foolishness"
    },
    {
      "word": "footle"
    },
    {
      "word": "framis"
    },
    {
      "word": "fudge"
    },
    {
      "word": "garbage"
    },
    {
      "word": "garble"
    },
    {
      "word": "gibber"
    },
    {
      "word": "gibberish"
    },
    {
      "word": "gobbledygook"
    },
    {
      "word": "Greek"
    },
    {
      "word": "gup"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoax"
    },
    {
      "word": "hocus-pocus"
    },
    {
      "word": "hogwash"
    },
    {
      "word": "hokum"
    },
    {
      "word": "hooey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horsefeathers"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse hockey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse piss"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse puckey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horseshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "humbug"
    },
    {
      "word": "jabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "jargon"
    },
    {
      "word": "jibber-jabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "junk"
    },
    {
      "word": "lallation"
    },
    {
      "word": "malarkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "manure"
    },
    {
      "word": "moonshine"
    },
    {
      "word": "mumbo jumbo"
    },
    {
      "word": "nertz"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonsense"
    },
    {
      "word": "pie in the sky"
    },
    {
      "word": "piffle"
    },
    {
      "word": "pigswill"
    },
    {
      "word": "poppycock"
    },
    {
      "word": "prattle"
    },
    {
      "word": "put-on"
    },
    {
      "word": "rhubarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "rhubarb rhubarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "rot"
    },
    {
      "word": "rubbish"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruse"
    },
    {
      "word": "santorum"
    },
    {
      "word": "shit"
    },
    {
      "word": "shite"
    },
    {
      "word": "skimble-skamble"
    },
    {
      "word": "squit"
    },
    {
      "word": "stuff"
    },
    {
      "word": "stuff and nonsense"
    },
    {
      "word": "tosh"
    },
    {
      "word": "tush"
    },
    {
      "word": "trash"
    },
    {
      "word": "tripe"
    },
    {
      "word": "twaddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiff-whaff"
    },
    {
      "word": "word salad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flim-flam"
}
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    "Peyvên îngilîzî yên pêkhatî",
    "Îngilîzî"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ji flim + flam.",
  "lang": "Îngilîzî",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Navdêr",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bêwate, bêmane, gotina bêwate, gotina vala, gotina nerast, gotina derew"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "absurdity"
    },
    {
      "word": "all my eye"
    },
    {
      "word": "all my eye and Betty Martin"
    },
    {
      "word": "applesauce"
    },
    {
      "word": "bafflegab"
    },
    {
      "word": "balderdash"
    },
    {
      "word": "balls"
    },
    {
      "word": "baloney"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bandini"
    },
    {
      "word": "baragouin"
    },
    {
      "word": "batcrap"
    },
    {
      "word": "batshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "bilgewater"
    },
    {
      "word": "blah"
    },
    {
      "word": "blather"
    },
    {
      "word": "blatherskite"
    },
    {
      "word": "bollocks"
    },
    {
      "word": "bosh"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "bull"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullcrap"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulldust"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunk"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunkum"
    },
    {
      "word": "bushwah"
    },
    {
      "word": "claptrap"
    },
    {
      "word": "cobblers"
    },
    {
      "word": "codswallop"
    },
    {
      "word": "crap"
    },
    {
      "word": "crock"
    },
    {
      "word": "crock of shit"
    },
    {
      "word": "double Dutch"
    },
    {
      "word": "double talk"
    },
    {
      "word": "doublespeak"
    },
    {
      "word": "drivel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eyewash"
    },
    {
      "word": "fiddle-faddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "flapdoodle"
    },
    {
      "word": "flim-flam"
    },
    {
      "word": "flummery"
    },
    {
      "word": "folderol"
    },
    {
      "word": "foolishness"
    },
    {
      "word": "footle"
    },
    {
      "word": "framis"
    },
    {
      "word": "fudge"
    },
    {
      "word": "garbage"
    },
    {
      "word": "garble"
    },
    {
      "word": "gibber"
    },
    {
      "word": "gibberish"
    },
    {
      "word": "gobbledygook"
    },
    {
      "word": "Greek"
    },
    {
      "word": "gup"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoax"
    },
    {
      "word": "hocus-pocus"
    },
    {
      "word": "hogwash"
    },
    {
      "word": "hokum"
    },
    {
      "word": "hooey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horsefeathers"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse hockey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse piss"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse puckey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horseshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "humbug"
    },
    {
      "word": "jabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "jargon"
    },
    {
      "word": "jibber-jabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "junk"
    },
    {
      "word": "lallation"
    },
    {
      "word": "malarkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "manure"
    },
    {
      "word": "moonshine"
    },
    {
      "word": "mumbo jumbo"
    },
    {
      "word": "nertz"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonsense"
    },
    {
      "word": "pie in the sky"
    },
    {
      "word": "piffle"
    },
    {
      "word": "pigswill"
    },
    {
      "word": "poppycock"
    },
    {
      "word": "prattle"
    },
    {
      "word": "put-on"
    },
    {
      "word": "rhubarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "rhubarb rhubarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "rot"
    },
    {
      "word": "rubbish"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruse"
    },
    {
      "word": "santorum"
    },
    {
      "word": "shit"
    },
    {
      "word": "shite"
    },
    {
      "word": "skimble-skamble"
    },
    {
      "word": "squit"
    },
    {
      "word": "stuff"
    },
    {
      "word": "stuff and nonsense"
    },
    {
      "word": "tosh"
    },
    {
      "word": "tush"
    },
    {
      "word": "trash"
    },
    {
      "word": "tripe"
    },
    {
      "word": "twaddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiff-whaff"
    },
    {
      "word": "word salad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flim-flam"
}

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