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bamboozle 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/bamˈbo͞ozəl/,
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bamboozled, past participle; bamboozled, past tense; bamboozles, 3rd person singular present; bamboozling, present participle;
  1. Fool or cheat (someone)
    • - Tom Sawyer bamboozled the neighborhood boys into doing it for him
  2. Confound or perplex
    • - bamboozled by the number of savings plans being offered
  1. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
  2. Bamboozle! was a quiz game featured on Channel 4 Teletext in the United Kingdom. It was originally part of Teletext's "Fun & Games" category, though the rest of the category had been discontinued for some years before Bamboozle! ...
  3. The Bamboozle is an annual rain-or-shine, two-day music festival held in New Jersey. Every year, new bands compete for spots during the two days. The event evolved out of the Skate and Surf Festival.
  4. (Bamboozled (soundtrack)) Bamboozled is the soundtrack to the 2000 film, Bamboozled. Composed of hip hop and contemporary R&B, the soundtrack peaked at 60 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Six tracks on the album were performed by future Grammy award winner India. ...
  5. (Bamboozling) A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, hustle, scam, scheme, swindle or bamboozle) is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. ...
  6. To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone
  7. (bamboozlement) The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled
  8. In today's Navy when you intentionally deceive someone, usually as a joke, you are said to have bamboozled them. The word was used in the days of sail, also, but the intent was not hilarity. ...
  9. From the 17th century, it described the Spanish custom of hoisting false flags to deceive (bamboozle) enemies.
  10. To deceive, impose upon, confound. "After Nick had bamboozled about the money, he was arrested.”