What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
bamboozle — index bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, ensnare, inveigle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
bamboozle — (v.) 1703, originally a slang or cant word, perhaps Scottish from bombaze perplex, related to bombast, or Fr. embabouiner to make a fool (lit. baboon ) of. Related: Bamboozled; bamboozling. As a noun from 1703 … Etymology dictionary
bamboozle — trick, hoodwink, *dupe, gull, hoax, befool Analogous words: delude, *deceive, beguile, mislead: outwit, circumvent (see FRUSTRATE): defraud, cozen, overreach, *cheat, swindle … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bamboozle — [v] fool; cheat baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam*, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle*, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick; concept 59 Ant. be honest … New thesaurus
bamboozle — ► VERB informal 1) cheat or deceive. 2) confuse. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
bamboozle — [bam bo͞o′zəl] vt. bamboozled, bamboozling [c. 1700; cant form: < ?] 1. to deceive or cheat by trickery; dupe 2. to confuse or puzzle bamboozlement n. bamboozler n … English World dictionary
Bamboozle — For the music festival, see The Bamboozle. For the film, see Bamboozled. Bamboozle is a quiz game featured on Channel 4 Teletext in the United Kingdom. It was originally part of Teletext s Fun Games category, but the rest of the category has been … Wikipedia
bamboozle — v. (colloq.) ( to trick ) 1) (D; tr.) to bamboozle into 2) to bamboozle out of * * * [bæm buːz(ə)l] (colloq.) ( to trick ) (D; tr.) to bamboozle into to bamboozle out of … Combinatory dictionary
bamboozle — UK [bæmˈbuːz(ə)l] / US [bæmˈbuz(ə)l] verb [transitive] Word forms bamboozle : present tense I/you/we/they bamboozle he/she/it bamboozles present participle bamboozling past tense bamboozled past participle bamboozled informal to trick someone or… … English dictionary
bamboozle — [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully, mob, and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
