Meaning of flim-flam | Babel Free
/ˈflɪmflæm/Definitions
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Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true. countable, uncountable
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Confidence game, con game. countable, uncountable
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Table tennis. archaic, countable, uncountable
Examples
“Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.”
“Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.