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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. influence by slyness;
[syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink]

2. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end;
- Example: "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
[syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoodwink \Hood"wink\ (h[oo^]d"w[i^][ng]k), v. t. [Hood + wink.]
   1. To blind by covering the eyes.
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            We will blind and hoodwink him.       --Shak.
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   2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
      "Hoodwinked with kindness." --Sir P. Sidney.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hoodwink
    v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink]
    2: 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"
       [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over
       someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false]