hoodwink

[ hood-wingk ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to deceive or trick.

  2. Archaic. to blindfold.

  1. Obsolete. to cover or hide.

Origin of hoodwink

1
First recorded in 1555–65; hood1 + wink1

Other words for hoodwink

Other words from hoodwink

  • hood·wink·a·ble, adjective
  • hood·wink·er, noun

Words Nearby hoodwink

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How to use hoodwink in a sentence

  • His whole policy in fact was but a miserable attempt to hoodwink the Spanish people.

    The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
  • Nothing, of course, and so the all-important point was to hoodwink the British commander.

  • The assertion that slavery did not exist in the Transvaal is only made to hoodwink the English public.

    The Last Boer War | H. Rider Haggard
  • It was as though he had detected them in a sort of childs play by which they had hoped to hoodwink him.

British Dictionary definitions for hoodwink

hoodwink

/ (ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk) /


verb(tr)
  1. to dupe; trick

  2. obsolete to cover or hide

Origin of hoodwink

1
C16: originally, to cover the eyes with a hood, blindfold

Derived forms of hoodwink

  • hoodwinker, noun

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