bamboozle

Speech parts

1. bamboozle - Noun

2. bamboozle - Verb

Meaning

To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

snow hoodwink play false welsh buffalo fox conn euchre juke rook gull bluff gammon swindle diddle
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Antonyms

miff unroll judge represent describe brief
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Hypernyms

betray deceive lead astray

Phrases with the word

to bamboozle

Derivatives

bamboozled bamboozling

Examples

To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom. David Mitchell (author)

There is actually quite a lot of crossover between the quacks and drug companies. They use the same tricks and tactics to bamboozle people into buying their pills, but drug firms can afford to use slightly more sophisticated versions. Ben Goldacre

He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well Source: Internet

As we all know, the real issue in this deal is which city is best positioned to bamboozle and bully its citizenry into forking over untold billions to one of the world's richest companies. Source: Internet

You put soul and spunk into me – you, so to speak, bamboozle me into going on – and going on and going on. Source: Internet

Or does it merely reflect the native skills that Donald Trump has long used to bamboozle investors, bulldoze bankers and bemuse TV viewers? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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