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Defenition of the word hoodwink

    • Defenition of the word hoodwink

      • To confuse completely by concealing one's true motives from, especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
      • 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"
      • influence by slyness
      • conceal one''s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
      • conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

    Synonyms for the word hoodwink

      • bamboozle
      • beguile
      • con
      • deceive
      • delude
      • dupe
      • fool
      • juggle
      • lead by the nose
      • play false
      • pull the wool over somebody's eyes
      • snow
      • take in
      • trick

    Similar words in the hoodwink

      • hoodwink
      • hoodwinked
      • hoodwinking
      • hoodwinks

    Hypernyms for the word hoodwink

      • beat
      • betray
      • cheat
      • chisel
      • deceive
      • lead astray
      • rip off
      • sell short

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