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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
“To find out I had to sit out, that’s when I kind of felt bamboozled, because y’all told me to go,” he said, adding that he “absolutely” would not have taken the trip had he known it would cause him to miss five days of practice.
Or when he said the Clinton camp was trying to “bamboozle” or “hoodwink” voters?
His name is used to bamboozle the people, to despoil them, and to make them patient asses under their burdens.
He saw he could not fool or bamboozle me in the slightest degree.
This wandering about I considered necessary in order to delay and perhaps bamboozle any police dog put on my track.
It has rather cynically been said that governments are of two kinds—bamboo and bamboozle.
He would sit on a log with a gypsy, and bamboozle him with lies made for the purpose, then thrash him for not believing them.
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