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to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon. She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. Synonym. hoodwink. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle. bilk. blackmail. deceive. diddle. fiddle. flannel. grifter. gull.
adjective. deceived through trickery, flattery, or the like; hoodwinked: He feels there’s been a cover-up by the manufacturer and it’s his duty to bring it to the attention of a bamboozled public. perplexed, mystified, or confused: I must have had a very bamboozled look on my face, because she gave me an impatient "What’s your problem, lady?" verb.
to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon. She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. Synonym. hoodwink. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bilk. blackmail. blag. deceive. fiddle. flannel. gull.
Definitions of bamboozle. verb. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end. “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well” synonyms: hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into ): They bamboozled us into joining the club. Synonyms: fool, mislead, delude, rook, gull, hoax, flimflam, defraud, swindle, cheat, trick, dupe, gyp. to perplex; mystify; confound.
1. to deceive or get the better of by underhandedness; hoodwink. 2. to perplex; mystify. v.i. 3. to practice trickery, deception, or the like. [1695–1705; orig. uncertain] bam•boo′zle•ment, n. bam•boo′zler, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.
verb. /bæmˈbuːzl/ (informal) Verb Forms. to confuse somebody, especially by tricking them. bamboozle somebody Karpov bamboozled his opponent with a series of brilliant unexpected moves. bamboozle your way + adv./prep. We all wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into such a cushy job. Word Origin. Take your English to the next level.
