Meaning

2 senses

  1. (ambitransitive)To play (notes as) a flam.

  2. (obsolete)To deceive with a falsehood.

Origin

17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compar

17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).

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Forms

flams, flamming, flammed, flammed
Base formflam · to flam
3rd person singularflams
Present participleflamming
Past simpleflammed
Past participleflammed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflam
he, she, itflams

Past simpleLesson

all personsflammed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flammed
he, she, ithas flammed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flam

Word family

1 related words
Relatedflam-new

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flakflakeflakyflamboyantflameB2
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