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BAMBOOZLED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of bamboozle 2. to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing…. Learn more.
The meaning of BAMBOOZLED is thrown into a state of confusion or bewilderment especially by being deliberately fooled or misled. How to use bamboozled in a sentence.
In 1710, Irish author Jonathan Swift wrote an article on "the continual Corruption of our English Tongue" in which he complained of "the Choice of certain Words invented by some pretty Fellows." Among the inventions Swift disliked was bamboozle, which was used by contemporary criminals.
BAMBOOZLED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of bamboozle 2. to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing…. Learn more.
Bamboozled definition: deceived through trickery, flattery, or the like; hoodwinked. See examples of BAMBOOZLED used in a sentence.
to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into ): They bamboozled us into joining the club. Synonyms: fool, mislead, delude, rook, gull, hoax, flimflam, defraud, swindle, cheat, trick, dupe, gyp. to perplex; mystify; confound.
Synonyms for BAMBOOZLED: fooled, tricked, deceived, misled, duped, snookered, suckered, hoodwinked; Antonyms of BAMBOOZLED: undeceived, exposed, revealed, uncovered, unmasked, debunked, told, showed up.
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”. synonyms: hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow. see more.
Definition of bamboozle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To bamboozle someone means to confuse and often trick them. He bamboozled Mercer into defeat. [VERB noun + into] He was bamboozled by con men. [be VERB -ed] Synonyms: cheat, do [informal], kid [informal], skin [slang] More Synonyms of bamboozle. More Synonyms of bamboozle. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
