hoodwink

hood·wink

 (ho͝od′wĭngk′)

tr.v. hood·winked, hood·wink·ing, hood·winks

1. To deceive or swindle by deception. See Synonyms at deceive.

2. Archaic To blindfold.

3. Obsolete To conceal.

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hood′wink′er n.

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hoodwink

(ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk)

vb (tr)

1. to dupe; trick

2. obsolete to cover or hide

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

ˈhoodˌwinker n

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hood•wink

(ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk)

v.t. -winked, -wink•ing.

1. to deceive or trick.

2. Archaic. to blindfold.

3. Obs. to cover or hide.

[1555–65; hood¹ + wink¹]

hood′wink`a•ble, adj.

hood′wink`er, n.

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hoodwink

Past participle: hoodwinked
Gerund: hoodwinking

Imperative

hoodwink

hoodwink

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	hoodwink - influence by slyness       beguile, juggle cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	hoodwink - 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" bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

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hoodwink

verb deceive, trick, fool, cheat, con (informal), kid (informal), mislead, hoax, dupe, gull (archaic), delude, swindle, rook (slang), bamboozle (informal), take (someone) for a ride (informal), lead up the garden path (informal), sell a pup, pull a fast one on (informal), cozen, befool Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry.

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hoodwink

verb

To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:

beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, humbug, mislead, take in, trick.

Informal: bamboozle, have.

Slang: four-flush.

Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.

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Translations

يَخْدَع

oblafnout

bedragefuppe

täuschen

tromper

blekkja

infinocchiareingannare

apmauti

piemānītpiemuļķot

oblafnúť

kafese koymakkandırmak

欺骗

hoodwink

[ˈhʊdwɪŋk] VT → engañar

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hoodwink

[ˈhʊdwɪŋk] vt → tromper

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hoodwink

vt (inf) → (he)reinlegen (inf); to hoodwink somebody into doing something → jdn dazu verleiten, etw zu tun; they hoodwinked him into signing the contract → er ließ sich von ihnen (dazu) verleiten, den Vertrag zu unterschreiben; I was hoodwinked into buying an imitation → man hat mir eine Imitation angedreht (inf)

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hoodwink

[ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk] vt → gabbare, imbrogliare, infinocchiare

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hoodwink

(ˈhudwiŋk) verb

to trick or deceive. mislei, bedrieg يَخْدَع измамвам ludibriar oblafnout täuschen fuppe; bedrage εξαπατώburlar, engañar, tomar el pelo tüssama فريب دادن huiputtaa tromper qqn לְרָמוֹת झांसा देना obmanuti, prevariti rászed menipu blekkja imbrogliare だます 속이다 apmauti piemānīt; piemuļķot memperdayakan bedriegenføre bak lyset, bløffeokpić چل او فریب ورکول ludibriar a înşela одурачивать oblafnúť prevarati nasamariti lura ตบตา kandırmak, kafese koymak 哄騙，詐欺 обдурювати فریب دینا lừa dối; lừa bịp 欺骗

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