informal
■ noun
1》 insincere or nonsensical talk.
2》 a confidence trick.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ming , ~med ) cheat or deceive.
Derivatives
~mer noun
~mery noun
Origin
C16: symbolic reduplication.
informal
■ noun
1》 insincere or nonsensical talk.
2》 a confidence trick.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ming , ~med ) cheat or deceive.
Derivatives
~mer noun
~mery noun
Origin
C16: symbolic reduplication.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004