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1. (v.t.) bamboozle
to deceive or get the better of by underhandedness; hoodwink.
2. bamboozle
to perplex; mystify.
3. (v.i.) bamboozle
to practice trickery, deception, or the like.
Etymology: (1695–1705; orig. uncert.)
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| Definition of 'bamboozle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
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"
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| Definition of 'bamboozle' |
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1. (verb) bamboozle
to deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug
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Sense: to confuse completely
The motorist was completely bamboozled by the road-signs.
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 Afrikaans: verwar |
 Arabic: يُربك، يخدع، يُضلل |
 Bulgarian: баламосвам |
 Brazilian: confundir |
 Czech: poplést, napálit |
 German: verwirren |
 Danish: forvirre; narre; føre bag |
 Greek: μπερδεύω, ξεγελώ |
 Spanish: engatusar, confundir |
 Estonian: täiesti segadusse ajama |
 Farsi: گیج کردن |
 Finnish: hämmentää |
 French: mystifier |
 Hebrew: לְבַלְבֵּל |
 Hindi: विभ्रमित |
 Croatian: obmanuti, prevariti |
 Hungarian: félrevezet |
 Indonesian: mengelabui, membingungkan |
 Icelandic: rugla |
 Italian: confondere |
 Japanese: 迷わせる |
 Korean: 속이다 |
 Lithuanian: galvą susukti |
 Latvian: samulsināt; piekrāpt |
 Malay: terpedaya |
 Dutch: in verwarring brengen |
 Norwegian: narre, føre bak lyset, fo |
 Polish: ogłupić |
 Persian: گیج کردن |
 Pashto: غولول، تېرايستل، مسحورول |
 Portuguese: confundir |
 Romanian: a zăpăci |
 Russian: сбивать с толку |
 Slovak: popliesť |
 Slovenian: zmesti |
 Serbian: zbuniti |
 Swedish: lura, förvirra |
 Thai: หลอกลวง; ล่อลวง |
 Turkish: şaşırtmak, yanıltmak |
 Taiwanese: 迷惑 |
 Ukrainian: спантеличити |
 Urdu: جھانسہ دینا جھانسے میں آن |
 Vietnamese: lúng túng |
 Chinese: 迷惑 |
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