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/ˈhʊdwɪŋk/

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- 1. deceive or trick: "staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun"
Word Origin mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘to blindfold’): from the noun hood1 + an obsolete sense of wink ‘close the eyes’.
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Hoodwink means to deceive by false appearance or to blindfold. Learn the origin, usage, and related words of this verb from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Hoodwink means to deceive or trick someone, often by using a trick or a lie. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see synonyms and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary and the Hansard archive.
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Find 73 words that mean to deceive or fool someone, such as bamboozle, bluff, or hoodwink. See examples of hoodwink in sentences and related articles.
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to deceive or trick someone: hoodwink someone into doing something He hoodwinked us into agreeing. Synonym. bamboozle informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle. bilk. blackmail. deceive. diddle. feint. flannel. funny business. game-fixing. grifter. gull. prankster. pretextual.
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How does hoodwink work?
Get creative because most heroes can’t cut trees down without the help of tangoes or a quelling blade. Hoodwink throws a net trap that will pull, stun, and damage enemies to the nearest tree. All targets caught in the net will also have their vision radius reduced to 0 for the duration of the stun.

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What does the term 'hoodwink' mean?
The term 'hoodwink' is used to describe the act of offering valueless goods, services, or empty promises ( hood*wink ). In some contexts, it can refer to how business is done 'in the hood' without the use of currency. It can also be used to describe a scam, which may be harmless but always involves full knowledge.

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Can You hoodwink someone into doing something?
hoodwink someone into doing something He hoodwinked us into agreeing. We were hoodwinked into believing that we had won a lot of money. They can be hoodwinked into thinking things that don't make sense. The slick investment bankers did not hoodwink these professional investors. You can be hoodwinked by unscrupulous meteorite dealers.

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Is the public Hoodwinked?
“The public ... is as easily hood-winked,” wrote the Irish physician Charles Lucas in 1756, by which time the figurative use had been around for decades—and today, that meaning of the word is far from winking out. Don't let yourself be hoodwinked into buying things you don't need.

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Will Federalists hoodwink the people?
The great federalist strategy is under way, to hoodwink the peoples! Nor will they deal sensibly with the problem of traffic congestion, a matter over which they have hoodwinked the public. It may have been hoodwinked; it probably was hoodwinked.

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Did Vavilov hoodwink Lysenko?
Initially hoodwinked by Lysenko, over time, as he looked into Lysenko’s claims, Vavilov became suspicious, and he asked a student of his to see if Lysenko’s results could be replicated. Or when he said the Clinton camp was trying to “bamboozle” or “hoodwink” voters?

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To hoodwink someone means to trick or mislead them. Beware of fake ATMs that try to hoodwink you into giving over your bank card and your code, only to keep them both and steal all your money.
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hoodwink is a verb that means to deceive or trick someone. It comes from the archaic verb to blindfold, and has synonyms such as gyp, swindle, cheat, dupe. See the word history, derived forms, and example sentences of hoodwink.
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Hoodwink means to trick or deceive someone, or to cover or hide something. Learn the origin, usage and synonyms of this verb, and see examples from Collins and other sources.