English

Verb

hornswoggle ‎(third-person singular simple present hornswoggles, present participle hornswoggling, simple past and past participle hornswoggled)

1. (transitive) To deceive or trick.

   Don't let them hornswoggle you into buying anything you don't need.

Synonyms

• (deceive or trick): deceive, dupe, trick

Translations

See also

• woggle
• Appendix:Fanciful 19th century American coinages

References

1. ↑ “hornswoggle” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
2. 1 2 “Hornswoggle”, World Wide Words, Michael Quinion, 30 Oct. 2004.
3. ↑ A Dictionary of the Old West, Peter Watts