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flimflam

/flim-flam/US // ˈflɪmˌflæm //UK // (ˈflɪmˌflæm) informal //

虚张声势,骗局,虚伪性,虚张声势的行为

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
    • : a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    flim·flammed, flim·flam·ming.

    • : to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.

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Examples

  • He neither genuflects to it nor tries to tart it up as a flashy, self-satisfied blockbuster flimflam.

  • But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.

  • But that means they would have to dismiss his words as typical political flimflam.

  • I tried my darndest to flimflam the information out of him, but it was no use.

  • He saw that modern financial ingenuity has found a way to flimflam the devil himself.

  • As long as there is plenty of flimflam to distract the viewer.

  • A flimflam offer by a theologian of inchoate title to improved real estate in the Sky for real estate, rentals and cash on Earth.