bamboozle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bamboozle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bamboozle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bamboozle v 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" Synonym(s): bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bamboozled} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bamboozling} ([?]).] [Said to be of Gipsy origin.] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H. Newman.