Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hoodwink"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hoodwink \Hood"wink\, v. t. [Hood + wink.]
1. To blind by covering the eyes.

We will blind and hoodwink him. --Shak.

2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak.

3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
``Hoodwinked with kindness.'' --Sir P. Sidney.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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