Bamboozle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bæmˈbuːzl|  American pronunciation of the word bamboozle
Brit.  |bæmˈbuːz(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word bamboozle

verb

- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end (syn: hoodwink, snow)
He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

Extra examples

...bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert...

...she's completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code...

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

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bamboozle
he/she/it: bamboozles
present participle: bamboozling
past tense: bamboozled
past participle: bamboozled
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