Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal, obsolete)A cheat, hoax, or imposition.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Don't let him bamboozle you into falling for his scam.

    mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Don't try to bamboozle me.

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Origin

Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of b

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.

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Forms

plural: bamboozles
Singularbamboozle
Pluralbamboozles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
baloneybamboobanB2banalbanality

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