flam

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

faked document

blarney

deceive

fabrication

falsehood

adulation

forgery

humbug

trick

forged document

flattery

Translations

الأكذوبة

embuste

hile

yalan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flæm/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: flim

In summary

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