HORNSWOGGLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does hornswoggle mean? • HORNSWOGGLE (verb)
The verb HORNSWOGGLE has 1 sense:
1. deprive of by deceit
Familiarity information: HORNSWOGGLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HORNSWOGGLE (verb)
Meaning:
Deprive of by deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
bunco; swindle; scam; rook; nobble; mulct; hornswoggle; gyp; goldbrick; gip; diddle; defraud; con; short-change; victimize
Context examples:
He swindled me out of my inheritance / She defrauded the customers who trusted her / the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
Hypernyms (to "hornswoggle" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hornswoggle"):
short; short-change (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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