bamboozle

  • 11bamboozle — [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully, mob, and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 12bamboozle — [[t]bæmbu͟ːz(ə)l[/t]] bamboozles, bamboozling, bamboozled VERB To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them. [V n into n] He bamboozled Mercer into defeat... [be V ed] He was bamboozled by con men. Syn: dupe …

    English dictionary

  • 13bamboozle — v 1.Often bamboozle into delude, deceive, beguile, mislead, U.S. Sl. con; hoodwink, pull the wool over [s.o. s] eyes, cozen, bluff, take in; fool, befool, dupe, hoax, humbug, Brit. Inf. gammon; seduce, charm, flatter, lie to; lure, allure, entice …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 14bamboozle — [bEem”buzl] tv. to deceive someone; to confuse someone. (See also bamboozled.) □ Don’t try to bamboozle me! I know what I want! □ The crooks bamboozled the old man out of his life savings …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 15bamboozle — [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully, mob, and… …

    Word origins

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  • 17bamboozle — transitive verb ( boozled; bamboozling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1703 1. to deceive by underhanded methods ; dupe, hoodwink 2. to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18bamboozle — bamboozlement, n. bamboozler, n. /bam booh zeuhl/, v., bamboozled, bamboozling. v.t. 1. to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club …

    Universalium

  • 19bamboozle — verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone …

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  • 20bamboozle — Synonyms and related words: addle, amaze, baffle, beat, befool, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, boggle, buffalo, cajole, cheat on, chicane, circumvent, confound, conjure, daze, deceive, delude, diddle, double cross, dupe, flimflam, floor, fool,… …

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