单词 | bamboozle |
释义 | bamboozlen. Bamboozling. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > bamboozling, mystifying bamboozle1703 bamboozling1709 mystification1816 mystifying1818 bamboozlement1855 1703 C. Cibber She wou'd & she wou'd Not iv. 41 I'll have a touch of the Bamboozle with him. 1861 Sat. Rev. 16 Feb. 6/2 Government by bamboozle always presents considerable advantages at first sight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). bamboozlev. 1. a. transitive. To deceive by trickery, hoax, cozen, impose upon. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > trick, hoax [verb (transitive)] > bamboozle to flam off, up1637 banter1680 bamboozle1703 bam1738 mystify1806 1703 C. Cibber She wou'd & she wou'd Not ii. 28 Sham Proofs, that they propos'd to Bamboozle me with. 1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 Certain Words invented by some pretty Fellows, such as Banter, Bamboozle, Country Put..some of which are now struggling for the vogue. 1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 234 It's supposed by this trick He bamboozled Old Nick. b. absol. or intransitive. To practise trickery. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > practise trickery [verb (intransitive)] > bamboozle bamboozle1703 bam1707 1703 C. Cibber She wou'd & she wou'd Not iv. 42 The old Rogue..knows to Bamboozle. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood ix. 143 You wouldn't even bamboozle a little at a bazaar. 2. To mystify, perplex, confound. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus stagger1556 gravel1566 set1577 trump1586 bumbaze1587 puzzlec1595 ground1597 stunt1603 nonplus1605 pose1605 stumble1605 buzzard1624 quandary1681 bamboozle1712 hobble1762 stump1807 have1816 floor1830 flummox1837 stick1851 get1868 to stick up1897 buffalo1903 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. ii. 8 After Nic. had bambouzled John a while about the 18000 and the 28000. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. xv. 208 He fairly bamboozles me. He's two chaps. 3. to bamboozle away: to get rid of by bamboozling. to bamboozle into: to persuade to a belief or course of action by bamboozling. to bamboozle out of: to take away (something) trickily from (a person). Cf. argue v. 8, 9. ΘΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > out of something beguile1394 wrongc1484 delude1493 licka1500 to wipe a person's nose1577 uncle1585 cheat1597 cozen1602 to bob of1605 to bob out of1605 gull1612 foola1616 to set in the nick1616 to worm (a person) out of1617 shuffle1627 to baffle out of1652 chouse1654 trepan1662 bubble1668 trick1698 to bamboozle out of1705 fling1749 jockey1772 swindle1780 twiddle1825 to diddle out of1829 nig1829 to chisel out of1848 to beat out1851 nobble1852 duff1863 flim-flam1890 1705 N. Rowe Biter i. i. 13 You intend to bambouzle me out of a Beef Stake. 1727 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead I. iii. 89 The Gnosticks bambouzled away all the corporeal Resurrcction. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures xli. 326 Who has bamboozled himself into the erroneous belief that, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1703v.1703 |
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