hornswoggle

verb

horn·swog·gle ˈhȯrn-ˌswä-gəl How to pronounce hornswoggle (audio)

hornswoggled; hornswoggling ˈhȯrn-ˌswä-g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce hornswoggle (audio)

; hornswoggles

transitive verb

slang

: to trick or deceive (someone) : bamboozle, hoax

… trying to avoid getting hornswoggled by advertising claims …

Jennifer Rude Klett

—often used with into or out of

By the end of the call, Santillo had allegedly hornswoggled Olson into parting with her life savings …

Gary CraigIf you want to know what hell can really do in the way of furies, look for the chap who has been hornswoggled into taking a long and unnecessary bicycle ride in the dark without a lamp.

P. G. WodehouseHe also saw his mother get hornswoggled out of $500—seven weeks' salary, the family's entire savings—by a slick traveling vacuum salesman.

Kim Lachance Shandrow

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Hornswoggle is a slang word of some considerable mystery, at least where its etymology is concerned. The word appears to have originated in the southern United States in the early 19th century. The earliest known written record comes from an 1829 issue of The Virginia Literary Magazine in its glossary of Americanisms. The magazine states that hornswoggle came from Kentucky, and its oddness matches nicely with other 19th-century Americanisms, such as sockdolager, absquatulate, callithump, slumgullion, and skedaddle. While the exact point at which hornswoggle entered our language, and the way in which it was formed, may remain unknown, it is a charming addition to our language, joining bamboozle and honeyfuggle as colorful ways to say "to deceive."

hornswoggling

verb

present participle of hornswoggle

as in fooling

to cause to believe what is untrue I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker

Synonyms & Similar Words

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fooling
tricking
deceiving
stringing along
gammoning
buffaloing
kidding
sucking in
teasing
taking in
having on
faking out
misleading
snookering
pulling the wool over one's eyes
juggling
gulling
doing a number on
duping
hoodwinking
conning
snowing
misinforming
cheating
pulling one's leg
humbugging
leading one up the garden path
deluding
stinging
spoofing
leading one down the garden path
hoaxing
bamboozling
having
suckering
misguiding
bluffing
burning
catching
beguiling
cozening
putting on
gaffing
rooking
sticking
mulcting
bleeding
swindling
euchring
defrauding
shortchanging
fleecing
flimflamming
chiseling
diddling
hustling
squeezing
skinning
chiselling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

showing up
exposing
revealing
unmasking
uncovering
undeceiving
disclosing
telling
debunking
divulging
uncloaking
unveiling
disillusioning
disabusing
disenchanting

单词	hornswoggling
释义	hornswoggle verb horn·swog·gle ˈhȯrn-ˌswä-gəl hornswoggled; hornswoggling ˈhȯrn-ˌswä-g(ə-)liŋ ; hornswoggles transitive verb slang : to trick or deceive (someone) : bamboozle, hoax … trying to avoid getting hornswoggled by advertising claims … Jennifer Rude Klett —often used with into or out of By the end of the call, Santillo had allegedly hornswoggled Olson into parting with her life savings … Gary CraigIf you want to know what hell can really do in the way of furies, look for the chap who has been hornswoggled into taking a long and unnecessary bicycle ride in the dark without a lamp. P. G. WodehouseHe also saw his mother get hornswoggled out of $500—seven weeks' salary, the family's entire savings—by a slick traveling vacuum salesman. Kim Lachance Shandrow Did you know? Hornswoggle is a slang word of some considerable mystery, at least where its etymology is concerned. The word appears to have originated in the southern United States in the early 19th century. The earliest known written record comes from an 1829 issue of The Virginia Literary Magazine in its glossary of Americanisms. The magazine states that hornswoggle came from Kentucky, and its oddness matches nicely with other 19th-century Americanisms, such as sockdolager, absquatulate, callithump, slumgullion, and skedaddle. While the exact point at which hornswoggle entered our language, and the way in which it was formed, may remain unknown, it is a charming addition to our language, joining bamboozle and honeyfuggle as colorful ways to say "to deceive." Synonyms bamboozle beguile bluff buffalo burn catch con cozen deceive delude dupe fake out fool gaff gammon gull have have on [chiefly British] hoax hoodwink humbug juggle misguide misinform mislead snooker snow spoof string along suck in sucker take in trick See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker. Word History Etymology origin unknown First Known Use 1877, in the meaning defined above hornswoggling verb present participle of hornswoggle as in fooling to cause to believe what is untrue I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fooling tricking deceiving stringing along gammoning buffaloing kidding sucking in teasing taking in having on faking out misleading snookering pulling the wool over one's eyes juggling gulling doing a number on duping hoodwinking conning snowing misinforming cheating pulling one's leg humbugging leading one up the garden path deluding stinging spoofing leading one down the garden path hoaxing bamboozling having suckering misguiding bluffing burning catching beguiling cozening putting on gaffing rooking sticking mulcting bleeding swindling euchring defrauding shortchanging fleecing flimflamming chiseling diddling hustling squeezing skinning chiselling Antonyms & Near Antonyms showing up exposing revealing unmasking uncovering undeceiving disclosing telling debunking divulging uncloaking unveiling disillusioning disabusing disenchanting See More
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hornswoggle

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