Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bamboozle"
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) 1.7 (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}, {pull the wool
over someone's eyes}, {lead by the nose}, {play false}]
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