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HOODWINK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hoodwink ... he / she / it hoodwinks
Past simple: hoodwinked
Past participle: hoodwinked
-ing form: hoodwinking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Example:
He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
Synonyms:
bamboozle; hoodwink; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes; snow
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "hoodwink" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Influence by slyness
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "hoodwink" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
