flim-flam

See also: flimflam

English

1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. By reduplication. Perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).[1]

flim-flam (countable and uncountable, plural flim-flams)

Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.
confidence game, con game
(archaic) table tennis

单词	flim-flam
释义	flim-flam See also: flimflam English Alternative forms flimflam Etymology 1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. By reduplication. Perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).[1] Pronunciation Rhymes: -æm IPA^(key): /ˈflɪmflæm/ Noun flim-flam (countable and uncountable, plural flim-flams) Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true. Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam* when carefully investigated.* confidence game, con game (archaic) table tennis Synonyms See also Thesaurus:nonsense Derived terms flim-flam man: Confidence trickster flam References “flim-flam” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019. Flimflam / Claptrap, The Word Detective, 2009–04–13
随便看	Loparit loparit Loparite loparite Lopariten loparites Loparits lopas lopat Lopata lopata lopatami lopatar Lopatas lopatast lopate lopatica lopatička lopatični Lopatka lopatka lopatkové koleso lopatkový Lopatna Lopatnic