Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| bambooze | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| bamboozles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner.
“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.”1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 19”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
You thought it was nope. But actually it's a pupper. Bamboozled again.2018 March 6, Lucid Software, Nope Chart - Internet Names for Spiders, YouTube:
‘A clever ruse to bamboozle us.’1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 105:
Clarke's defence, bolstered by the return of Grant Hanley, was bamboozled by a flurry of Faroese raids, at least one of which should have delivered a goal.2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2021:
"Although Morphy misplays the opening, it does not take him long to bamboozle his opponent."1951 February, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review:
He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| bamboozling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bambooze | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| bamboozles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bamboozled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bamboozled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
bamboozlement · bambosh · bamboozler · bamboozl(e)able · debamboozle · bamfoozle
es engañar (to con, defraud, trick) · cs napálit (to con, defraud, trick) · es mecer (to con, defraud, trick) · pl wrabiać (to con, defraud, trick) · ro păcăli (to con, defraud, trick) · pl wykiwać (to con, defraud, trick) · de beschwindeln (to con, defraud, trick) · hu rászed (to con, defraud, trick) · ro escroca (to con, defraud, trick) · mk и́зигра (to con, defraud, trick) · es embabucar (to con, defraud, trick) · io dupigar (to con, defraud, trick) · ro înșela (to con, defraud, trick) · fi huijata (to con, defraud, trick) · hu átver (to con, defraud, trick) · cs poplést (to con, defraud, trick) · it mistificare (to con, defraud, trick) · hu bepaliz (to con, defraud, trick) · ca enredar (to con, defraud, trick) · no lure, snyte (to con, defraud, trick) · hu félrevezet (to con, defraud, trick) · hu becsap (to con, defraud, trick) · cs obalamutit (to con, defraud, trick) · hu átejt (to con, defraud, trick) · pl napuścić (to con, defraud, trick) · ru обма́нывать (to con, defraud, trick) · sv bedra (to con, defraud, trick) · mk и́змами (to con, defraud, trick) · cs ošidit (to con, defraud, trick) · cs doběhnout (to con, defraud, trick) · fr moquer (to con, defraud, trick) · es embaucar (to con, defraud, trick) · pl napuszczać (to con, defraud, trick) · fr enfumer (to con, defraud, trick) · hu átráz (to con, defraud, trick) · pl wrobić (to con, defraud, trick) · sv lura (to con, defraud, trick) · hu felültet (to con, defraud, trick) · fr embrouiller (to con, defraud, trick) · nl misleiden (to con, defraud, trick) · pt ludibriar (to con, defraud, trick) · de tricksen (to con, defraud, trick) · mi whakapōhēhē (to con, defraud, trick) · nl bedriegen (to con, defraud, trick) · ca engalipar (to con, defraud, trick) · sv förleda (to con, defraud, trick) · bg баламосвам (to con, defraud, trick) · pt lograr (to con, defraud, trick) · hu átvág (to con, defraud, trick) · hu lóvá tesz (to con, defraud, trick) · pl robić w bambuko (to con, defraud, trick) · hu szédít (to con, defraud, trick) · es timar (to con, defraud, trick) · mi whakapōkaikaha (to con, defraud, trick) · sv dupera (to con, defraud, trick)