flam
flam · flams
A freak or whim; an idle fancyA freak or whim; an idle fancy.
/flæm/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compar17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).
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plural: flamsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable