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flimp

flimp verb: to steal; to commit petty theft.

Verb

flimp (third-person singular simple present flimps, present participle flimping, simple past and past participle flimped)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) To steal; to commit petty theft.
    • Not worth flimping, eh?1985 October 24, Martin Banham, Plays by Tom Taylor: Still Waters Run Deep, The Contested Election, The Overland Route, The Ticket-of-Leave Man, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166
    • I don't go to say that what with flimping, and with cly-faking, […]1862, Macmillan's Magazine, page 111

Forms of flimp

third-person singular presentflimps
present participleflimping
past participleflimped
pastflimped

Questions about flimp

What does flimp mean?
Flimp means to steal; to commit petty theft.
What part of speech is flimp?
Flimp is a verb.
What is the past tense of flimp?
The past tense of flimp is flimped.

Words near flimp in the dictionary

  1. flimflams
  2. flimmer
  3. flimmered
  4. flimmering
  5. flimmers
  6. flimp
  7. flimped
  8. flimping
  9. flimps
  10. flims
  11. flimsied

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