hoodwink

hoodwink is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To blind by covering the eyes. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To blind by covering the eyes.
2. transitive verb. To cover; to hide.
3. transitive verb. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
4. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: bamboozle, snow

5. verb. influence by slyness

   Synonyms: beguile, juggle

Synonyms

bamboozle, snow, beguile, juggle

Common word forms

hoodwinks, hoodwinked, hoodwinker, hoodwinking, hoodwinkable

Words from these letters

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