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bamboozle
English
Etymology
Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæm.?bu?.z?l/
Verb
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.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19
- “Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19
- (transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.
- He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.
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Derived terms
Noun
bamboozle (plural bamboozles)
- (obsolete, informal) A cheat, hoax, or imposition.
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hoax
English
Etymology
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h??ks/
- (US) IPA(key): /ho?ks/
- Rhymes: -??ks
- Homophone: hokes
Verb
hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed)
- (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Derived terms
- hoaxer
- hoaxster (rare)
Translations
Noun
hoax (plural hoaxes)
- Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
Synonyms
- (deliberately false story or report): canard
Derived terms
- (deliberately false story or report): hoaxical, Hoaxocaust
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