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flimping

flimping is the present participle and gerund of flimp.

Meaning of flimp

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

Questions about flimping

What is flimping the present participle and gerund of?
Flimping is the present participle and gerund of flimp.

Words near flimping in the dictionary

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

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