flimflam
/ˈflɪmflæm/noun, verb
flimflam is a noun meaning “Alternative form of flim-flam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-I-M-F-L-A-M and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flimflam is flimflams.
What does flimflam mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of flim-flam.
verb
- 1
To swindle or cheat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flimflam?
- /ˈflɪmflæm/
Flimflam has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flimflam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flimflam
- flimflams plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- flimflamming participle, present
- flimflammed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flimflam?
Flimflam appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).