or flummocks, flummux, verb. (colloquial).—1.  To perplex, dodge, abash, or silence; to victimize; to BEST (q.v.); to disappoint. Also CONFLUMMOX. TO FLUMMOX (or CONFLUMMOX) BY THE LIP = TO OUTSLANG (q.v.), or talk down; TO FLUMMOX THE COPPERS = to dodge the police; TO FLUMMOX THE OLD DUTCH = to cheat one’s wife, etc. For synonyms, see FLABBERGAST.

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  2.  (theatrical).—To confuse, to QUEER (q.v.). Cf., CORPSE.

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  3.  (American).—Used in the passive sense = to abandon a purpose; to give in; to die.

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  Subs. (American university).—A bad recitation; a failure.

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