BAMBOOZLED

Verb

bamboozled

simple past tense and past participle of bamboozle

Source: Wiktionary


BAMBOOZLE

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



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