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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.
BAMBOOZLED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of bamboozle 2. to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing…. Learn more.
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 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.
to confuse somebody, especially by tricking them. bamboozle somebody Karpov bamboozled his opponent with a series of brilliant unexpected moves. bamboozle your way + adv./prep. We all wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into such a cushy job.
