[ˈflɪmflam], (Noun)

Definitions:
- nonsensical or insincere talk
(e.g: pseudo-intellectual flimflam)

- a confidence trick
(e.g: flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication

[ˈflɪmflam], (Verb)

Definitions:
- swindle (someone) with a confidence trick
(e.g: the tribe was flimflammed out of its land)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication