bamboozle
verb /bæmˈbuːzl/
/bæmˈbuːzl/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bamboozle | /bæmˈbuːzl/ /bæmˈbuːzl/ |
| he / she / it bamboozles | /bæmˈbuːzlz/ /bæmˈbuːzlz/ |
| past simple bamboozled | /bæmˈbuːzld/ /bæmˈbuːzld/ |
| past participle bamboozled | /bæmˈbuːzld/ /bæmˈbuːzld/ |
| -ing form bamboozling | /bæmˈbuːzlɪŋ/ /bæmˈbuːzlɪŋ/ |
- to confuse somebody, especially by tricking them
- bamboozle somebody Karpov bamboozled his opponent with a series of brilliant unexpected moves.
- bamboozle your way + adv./prep. We all wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into such a cushy job.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: of unknown origin.