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flummox

[ fluhm-uh ks ]

/ ˈflʌm əks /

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verb (used with object) Informal.

to bewilder; confound; confuse.

Origin of flummox

First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain

Words nearby flummox

flukey, fluky, flumadiddle, flume, flummery, flummox, flump, flung, flunisolide, flunitrazepam, flunk

Example sentences from the Web for flummoxed

Today, researchers are flummoxed as to the whereabouts of this gargantuan cultural artifact.

The Biggest Art Heist of WWII is Still Unsolved | |October 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The finest minds in the Western intelligence community were flummoxed.

The British Punk Band That Fooled Reagan, Thatcher And The CIA |Nico Hines |January 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Gore stood up to challenge Bush in this 2000 debate, but got flummoxed and deflated by a simple nod.

Presidential Debate Wins and Fails: Reagan, Gore, Bush & More (VIDEO) |The Daily Beast |October 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
His campaign is buying time until the debate; flummoxed Republicans are anticipating it—and dreading it.

How Mitt Romney Can Win the First Debate With Obama |Robert Shrum |September 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

As the interview comes to a close, Baldwin is flummoxed by two final questions.

Alec Baldwin’s Twitter Troubles |Sandra McElwaine |April 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But when you arst 'im what ought to be done--'e's flummoxed.'

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |Robert Tressell
I am all too flummoxed by the masquerade in the tourney round about me.

Fantasia of the Unconscious |D. H. Lawrence
Only lately I was flummoxed by a gent asking for a liqueur I'd never 'eard of.

The King of Schnorrers |Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for flummoxed

flummox

/ (ˈflʌməks) /

verb

(tr) to perplex or bewilder

Word Origin for flummox

C19: of unknown origin