Hoodwink

3 definitions found

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

  Hoodwink \Hood"wink\ (h[oo^]d"w[i^][ng]k), v. t. [Hood + wink.]
     1. To blind by covering the eyes.
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              We will blind and hoodwink him.       --Shak.
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     2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
        "Hoodwinked with kindness." --Sir P. Sidney.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hoodwink
       v 1: influence by slyness [syn: {juggle}, {beguile}]
       2: 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" [syn: {bamboozle}, {snow}, {pull the wool
          over someone's eyes}, {lead by the nose}, {play false}]

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

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "hoodwink":
     bamboozle, bandage, bedazzle, befool, benight, blind,
     blind the eyes, blindfold, chicane, con, darken, daze, dazzle,
     deceive, defraud, delude, deprive of sight, dim, dupe, eclipse,
     excecate, flimflam, fool, glare, gouge, gull, hoax, humbug,
     make blind, mislead, obscure, outwit, rook, snow, snow-blind,
     strike blind, suck in, trick