Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lie or hoax; a deception.
- noun Nonsense; drivel.
- noun A drumbeat consisting of two almost simultaneous strokes of which the first is a very rapid grace note.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal form of
flame . Compareflamb . - noun A delusion; an illusory pretext; a deception; a falsehood; a lie.
- noun In drum-music, a grace-note.
- Deceptive; lying; false.
- To deceive with falsehood; impose upon; delude: often with off.
- noun A low marshy place, particularly near a river.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To deceive with a falsehood.
- noun obsolete A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
- verb obsolete To deceive with a falsehood.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Without the ability to organize by activity, Twitter and Facebook feeds remain a cacophony of messages (they encourage people to send what I call flam -- Friends 'Lovingly Annoying Messages).
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Without the ability to organize by activity, Twitter and Facebook feeds remain a cacophony of messages (they encourage people to send what I call flam -- Friends 'Lovingly Annoying Messages).
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Without the ability to organize by activity, Twitter and Facebook feeds remain a cacophony of messages (they encourage people to send what I call flam -- Friends 'Lovingly Annoying Messages).
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But, of course, writing a 4,000 word flam from “pure” imagination is a facile wank.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Friday Writing Blog: Preparation, planning and where ideas come from.
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The country will not endure another pretentious-sounding banker-friendly flim flam, which is precisely what Geithner has in mind.
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Much of what they say is flim-flam, and this blog aims to set the record straight.
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Much of what they say is flim-flam, and this blog aims to set the record straight.
Guest Post: What’s the Logic of Language? « Motivated Grammar
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Much of what they say is flim-flam, and this blog aims to set the record straight.
Book Review: “Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue” « Motivated Grammar
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Much of what they say is flim-flam, and this blog aims to set the record straight.
Why do so many people hate gender-neutral words? (Oh, s—!) « Motivated Grammar
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Much of what they say is flim-flam, and this blog aims to set the record straight.
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