flim-flam

Questions about flim-flam

What does flim-flam mean?

flim-flam means "deceive somebody".

How many syllables are in flim-flam?

flim-flam has 2 syllables and divides as flim--flam under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for flim-flam?

Close synonyms include play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flim-flam a common word?

flim-flam is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.