hoodwink

verb

hood·wink ˈhu̇d-ˌwiŋk How to pronounce hoodwink (audio)

hoodwinked; hoodwinking; hoodwinks

transitive verb

: to deceive by false appearance : dupe

people who allow themselves to be hoodwinked by such promises

archaic : blindfold

obsolete : hide

hoodwinker noun

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A now-obsolete sense of the word wink is "to close one's eyes," and hoodwink once meant to cover the eyes of someone, such as a prisoner, with a hood or blindfold. (Hoodwink was also once a name for the game of blindman's buff.) This 16th-century term soon came to be used figuratively for veiling the truth. "The Public is easily hood-winked," wrote the Irish physician Charles Lucas in 1756, by which time the figurative use had been around for quite a while—and today, the meaning of the word hasn't changed a wink.

Example Sentences

Don't let yourself be hoodwinked into buying things you don't need. Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence.

Recent Examples on the Web Couples who manage to hoodwink their families stay in the competition, while those who can't sell the lie are out.

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2022 Paired with knowledge gleaned over decades from scientists studying the mechanisms the immune system uses to detect foreign invaders, these tools could be used to hoodwink it into regarding the pig as something more akin to a friendly tourist.

Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022 But the intention of the piece was not to hoodwink.

BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2021 Here’s how that would possibly be cleverly staged to hoodwink the baddies.

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 June 2021 Was Fox a co-conspirator in the effort to hoodwink the American people?

Nicholas Goldberg, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021 Polls after the election found voters recognized the taxing and spending numbers didn’t add up, and disliked Mr. Corbyn for trying to hoodwink them.

Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020 Throughout his trial, Scrushy denied knowledge of any financial impropriety, saying he’d been hoodwinked by high-level employees at HealthSouth.

Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al, 14 May 2020 This order in its entirety is a casual attempt, cosmetic in its nature, to hoodwink the people of J&K who genuinely believed that post-Oct.

Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, 6 Apr. 2020 See More

单词	hoodwinking
释义	hoodwink verb hood·wink ˈhu̇d-ˌwiŋk hoodwinked; hoodwinking; hoodwinks transitive verb 1 : to deceive by false appearance : dupe people who allow themselves to be hoodwinked by such promises 2 archaic : blindfold 3 obsolete : hide hoodwinker noun Did you know? A now-obsolete sense of the word wink is "to close one's eyes," and hoodwink once meant to cover the eyes of someone, such as a prisoner, with a hood or blindfold. (Hoodwink was also once a name for the game of blindman's buff.) This 16th-century term soon came to be used figuratively for veiling the truth. "The Public is easily hood-winked," wrote the Irish physician Charles Lucas in 1756, by which time the figurative use had been around for quite a while—and today, the meaning of the word hasn't changed a wink. Synonyms bamboozle beguile bluff buffalo burn catch con cozen deceive delude dupe fake out fool gaff gammon gull have have on [chiefly British] hoax hornswoggle humbug juggle misguide misinform mislead snooker snow spoof string along suck in sucker take in trick See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Don't let yourself be hoodwinked into buying things you don't need. Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence. Recent Examples on the Web Couples who manage to hoodwink their families stay in the competition, while those who can't sell the lie are out. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2022 Paired with knowledge gleaned over decades from scientists studying the mechanisms the immune system uses to detect foreign invaders, these tools could be used to hoodwink it into regarding the pig as something more akin to a friendly tourist. Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022 But the intention of the piece was not to hoodwink. BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2021 Here’s how that would possibly be cleverly staged to hoodwink the baddies. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 June 2021 Was Fox a co-conspirator in the effort to hoodwink the American people? Nicholas Goldberg, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021 Polls after the election found voters recognized the taxing and spending numbers didn’t add up, and disliked Mr. Corbyn for trying to hoodwink them. Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020 Throughout his trial, Scrushy denied knowledge of any financial impropriety, saying he’d been hoodwinked by high-level employees at HealthSouth. Mary Colurso \| Mcolurso@al.com, al, 14 May 2020 This order in its entirety is a casual attempt, cosmetic in its nature, to hoodwink the people of J&K who genuinely believed that post-Oct. Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, 6 Apr. 2020 See More Word History Etymology hood entry 1 + wink First Known Use 1562, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Kids Definition hoodwink verb hood·wink ˈhu̇d-ˌwiŋk hoodwinked; hoodwinking : to mislead by trickery "I will personally be ensuring that no underage student hoodwinks our impartial judge …" J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hoodwinking 1 of 2 noun as in fooling Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fooling ruse subterfuge deception trickery stratagem deceit sham delusion fraud wile roguery caper knavery skylarking prank escapade practical joke antic capriccio gag dido trick lark hanky-panky shavie monkeyshine(s) rag shine(s) frolic experience rowdyism tomfoolery teasing time jest horseplay high jinks adventure waggery ploy hijinks joking roughhousing hoax gambit kidding maneuver game stunt shenanigan(s) mission play deed performance feat hoodwinking 2 of 2 verb present participle of hoodwink as in tricking to cause to believe what is untrue Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence Synonyms & Similar Words tricking fooling deceiving duping conning gulling deluding bamboozling misinforming misleading teasing suckering hoaxing misguiding snookering kidding bluffing cozening juggling humbugging cheating catching spoofing beguiling gaffing having stinging stringing along hornswoggling snowing gammoning buffaloing burning having on sucking in swindling taking in leading one up the garden path defrauding leading one down the garden path fleecing pulling one's leg faking out pulling the wool over one's eyes doing a number on shortchanging sticking mulcting rooking diddling hustling chiseling putting on bleeding skinning squeezing chiselling flimflamming euchring Antonyms & Near Antonyms exposing uncovering unmasking revealing disclosing debunking telling divulging undeceiving unveiling disabusing uncloaking disillusioning showing up disenchanting See More
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