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The meaning of HOODWINK is to deceive by false appearance : dupe. How to use hoodwink in a sentence. Did you know?
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. gyp. prankster. pretextual.
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.
Hoodwink charges up and fires a deadly bolt from her crossbow, dealing heavy damage, break and slow to an enemy Hero. The damage and debuff duration scale up to max after 3 seconds, and the bolt is fired automatically after 5 seconds.
verb (used with object) to deceive or trick. Synonyms: gyp, swindle, cheat, dupe. Archaic. to blindfold. Obsolete. to cover or hide. hoodwink. / ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk / verb. to dupe; trick. obsolete. to cover or hide.
verb. If someone hoodwinks you, they trick or deceive you. People expect others to be honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people. [VERB noun] Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry. [VERB noun] Synonyms: deceive, trick, fool, cheat More Synonyms of hoodwink. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
verb. /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/ Verb Forms. hoodwink somebody (into doing something) to trick somebody. She had been hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace. I feel as if I’ve been hoodwinked. Staff felt as if they had been hoodwinked when they discovered the new management’s plans. Word Origin. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
Definition of hoodwink verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
HOODWINK meaning: to deceive or trick (someone)
Synonyms for HOODWINK: deceive, fool, trick, mislead, delude, bamboozle, misinform, dupe; Antonyms of HOODWINK: expose, undeceive, reveal, unmask, uncover, debunk, tell, disclose
