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bamboozle
[ bam-boo-zuhl ]
verb (used with object)
They bamboozled us into joining the club.
Synonyms: fool, mislead, delude, rook, gull, hoax, flimflam, defraud, swindle, cheat, trick, dupe, gyp
verb (used without object)
- to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like:
He has been known to bamboozle, so I don't trust him.
bamboozle
/ bæmˈbuːzəl /
verb
- to cheat; mislead
- to confuse
Derived Forms
- bamˈboozler, noun
- bamˈboozlement, noun
Other Words From
- bam·boo·zle·ment noun
- bam·boo·zler noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of bamboozle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bamboozle1
Example Sentences
Sarah Ferguson pulled a pint in the Rovers Return Inn and said she would have to "bamboozle" producers to get a part.
The ex-wife of Prince Andrew told executives from the soap that she would have to "bamboozle" them to "allow me to do a cameo".
Five of the wickets fell to spin with two to Ritu Moni's medium pace, and while it was not their finest innings, it did not prove too costly as England's own spinners produced an exceptionally disciplined display to bamboozle a poor Bangladesh batting line-up.
Hitler ran a regime that engaged in elaborate charades to bamboozle sympathetic and influential foreigners about the nature of the Nazi state.
So when he called for "unity" after his close encounter with an assassin's bullet, the safest assumption should have been that he was lying, exploiting his own attempted murder to bamboozle the press into downplaying his swing voter-alienating violent radicalism.
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