bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bamboozle (third-person singular simple present bamboozles, present participle bamboozling, simple past and past participle bamboozled)
(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
(transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.
Source: Wiktionary
Bam*boo"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bamboozled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bamboozling ( Etym: [Said to be of Gipsy origin.]
Definition: To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
