Bamboozled

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Bamboozled} (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bamboozling} (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"zl[i^]ng).] [Said to be of Gipsy
     origin.]
     To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to
     hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bamboozled":
     addled, at a loss, baffled, beat, buffaloed, confounded, dazed,
     floored, fuddled, in a dilemma, in suspense, licked, muddled,
     mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, perplexed, puzzled, stuck,
     stumped, thrown