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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bamboozled} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Bamboozling} (?).] [Said to be of Gipsy origin.] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H. Newman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bamboozle v : conceal one's true motives from esp. by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: {snow}, {hoodwink}, {lead by the nose}, {play false}]
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