Dictionary entry

Bamboozle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bam‐boo″zle (–z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bamboozled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bamboozling (�).] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. Addison.

What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you?

J. H. Newman.