bamboozle

bamboozle
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, forestall, fuddle, gammon, get, get around, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, keep in suspense, let down, lick, maze, mock, muddle, mystify, nonplus, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, perplex, pigeon, play one false, put something over, puzzle, snow, stick, string along, stump, swindle, take in, throw, trick, two-time

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  • Bamboozle — Bam*boo zle (b[a^]m*b[=oo] z l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bamboozled} (b[a^]m*b[=oo] z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bamboozling} (b[a^]m*b[=oo] zl[i^]ng).] [Said to be of Gipsy origin.] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bamboozle — index bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, ensnare, inveigle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • bamboozle — (v.) 1703, originally a slang or cant word, perhaps Scottish from bombaze perplex, related to bombast, or Fr. embabouiner to make a fool (lit. baboon ) of. Related: Bamboozled; bamboozling. As a noun from 1703 …   Etymology dictionary

  • bamboozle — trick, hoodwink, *dupe, gull, hoax, befool Analogous words: delude, *deceive, beguile, mislead: outwit, circumvent (see FRUSTRATE): defraud, cozen, overreach, *cheat, swindle …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • bamboozle — [v] fool; cheat baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam*, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle*, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick; concept 59 Ant. be honest …   New thesaurus

  • bamboozle — ► VERB informal 1) cheat or deceive. 2) confuse. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • bamboozle — [bam bo͞o′zəl] vt. bamboozled, bamboozling [c. 1700; cant form: < ?] 1. to deceive or cheat by trickery; dupe 2. to confuse or puzzle bamboozlement n. bamboozler n …   English World dictionary

  • Bamboozle — For the music festival, see The Bamboozle. For the film, see Bamboozled. Bamboozle is a quiz game featured on Channel 4 Teletext in the United Kingdom. It was originally part of Teletext s Fun Games category, but the rest of the category has been …   Wikipedia

  • bamboozle — v. (colloq.) ( to trick ) 1) (D; tr.) to bamboozle into 2) to bamboozle out of * * * [bæm buːz(ə)l] (colloq.) ( to trick ) (D; tr.) to bamboozle into to bamboozle out of …   Combinatory dictionary

  • bamboozle — UK [bæmˈbuːz(ə)l] / US [bæmˈbuz(ə)l] verb [transitive] Word forms bamboozle : present tense I/you/we/they bamboozle he/she/it bamboozles present participle bamboozling past tense bamboozled past participle bamboozled informal to trick someone or… …   English dictionary

  • bamboozle — [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

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