flam

(Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext

Verb

To deceive with a falsehood.

Verb

To play (notes as) a flam.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/flæm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine norse antico: flim

In summary

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

sinonimi

faked document

blarney

deceive

fabrication

falsehood

adulation

forgery

humbug

trick

forged document

flattery

Traduzioni

الأكذوبة

embuste

hile

yalan