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hoodwink

[ hood-wingk ]

/ ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk /

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verb (used with object)

to deceive or trick.

Archaic. to blindfold.

Obsolete. to cover or hide.

Origin of hoodwink

First recorded in 1555–65; hood¹ + wink¹

SYNONYMS FOR hoodwink

1 dupe, cheat, swindle, gyp.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hoodwink

hood·wink·a·ble, adjective hood·wink·er, noun un·hood·winked, adjective

Words nearby hoodwink

hoodie, hoodlum, hoodman-blind, hoodoo, hoodooism, hoodwink, hooey, hoof, hoof it, hoof-and-mouth disease, hoofbeat

Example sentences from the Web for hoodwink

Or when he said the Clinton camp was trying to “bamboozle” or “hoodwink” voters?

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s Lovefest on ‘60 Minutes’ |Lauren Ashburn |January 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In order, therefore, to hoodwink the Mexican authorities, Mr. Young had to resort to various expedients.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself |De Witt C. Peters
They contrived no clever devices to hoodwink our moral nature.

Creative Unity |Rabindranath Tagore
Well, what in the world possessed you to hoodwink Mr. French in this manner?

Frank Before Vicksburg |Harry Castlemon

Everything was kept quiet, and no one whom it was possible to hoodwink was trusted.

Belgium |George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
I will hoodwink him, and every British Consul in the continental towns which he visits will secretly watch him for me.

A Fascinating Traitor |Richard Henry Savage

British Dictionary definitions for hoodwink

hoodwink

/ (ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk) /

verb (tr)

to dupe; trick

obsolete to cover or hide

Derived forms of hoodwink

hoodwinker, noun

Word Origin for hoodwink

C16: originally, to cover the eyes with a hood, blindfold