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Webster 1913 Edition
Bamboozle
Bam-boo′zle
(băm-boō′z’l)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bamboozled
(băm-boō′z’ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bamboozling
(băm-boō′zlĭng)
.] [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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bamboozle
BAMBOO'ZLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
bamboozle
bamboozle
English
Verb
bamboozle (third-person singular simple present bamboozles, present participle bamboozling, simple past and past participle bamboozled)
- (informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19
- “Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19
Translations
to con, defraud, trick