flimflam n : a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick}, {confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustle}, {sting}] [also: {flimflamming}, {flimflammed}] flimflamming See {flimflam}