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flummox

flummox

English

Verb

flummox (third-person singular simple present flummoxes, present participle flummoxing, simple past and past participle flummoxed)

  1. To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
    • 2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC:
      With United's movement flummoxing the visitors, Berbatov saw his low shot saved well by Ben Foster on his first return to Old Trafford.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:confuse

Translations

References

  1. Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. "flummox", [html], retrieved on 2 January 2015: .