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BAMBOOZLE

Dictionary entry overview: What does bamboozle mean?

• BAMBOOZLE (verb)
The verb BAMBOOZLE has 1 sense:

1. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

Familiarity information: BAMBOOZLE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BAMBOOZLE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bamboozle; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes; hoodwink; snow

Context example:

He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

Hypernyms (to "bamboozle" is one way to...):

betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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