flim

flim

English

Noun

flim (plural flims)

  1. Clipping of flim-flam (confidence trick).

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim)

  1. film

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From English film.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈflɪm/
    • Hyphenation: flim

    Noun

    flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim)

    1. film
      Tek out di flim outta di camera.
      Take the film out of the camera.
      • 2009, Richard Koss, Giamaica (in Italian), →ISBN, page 348:
        “I giamaicani spesso invertono l'ordine delle lettere o le cambiano, dicendo per esempio flim al posto di 'film', o cerfiticket invece di 'certificate' (certificato). []
        Jamaicans often invert the order of letters or change them, saying, for example, flim instead of 'film', or cerfiticket instead of certificate []

    See also

    Middle English

    Noun

    flim

    1. alternative form of flum