bamboozle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæm.ˈbuː.zəl/

Verb

bamboozle (bamboozles, present participle bamboozling; past and past participle bamboozled)

1. (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19

     “Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”

2. (transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

   He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.

Translations

• French: embrouiller, moquer, enfumer
• German: beschwindeln, tricksen
• Italian: mistificare
• Portuguese: lograr, ludibriar
• Russian: обма́нывать
• Spanish: engañar

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