hoodwink

[ hood-wingk ]

/ ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk /

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verb (used with object)

to deceive or trick.

Archaic. to blindfold.

Obsolete. to cover or hide.

OTHER WORDS FOR hoodwink

1 dupe, cheat, swindle, gyp.

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Origin of hoodwink

First recorded in 1555–65; hood¹ + wink¹

OTHER WORDS FROM hoodwink

hood·wink·a·ble, adjectivehood·wink·er, noun

Words nearby hoodwink

hood molding, hood mould, hoodoo, Hoodooism, hood rat, hoodwink, hoodwinked, hooey, hoof, hoof-and-mouth disease, hoofbeat

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How to use hoodwink in a sentence

Critics from patriotic bloggers to academics go as far as claiming China’s leaders have been hoodwinked by Western counterparts trying to hold China back.
China is key to saving the planet from climate change. But it can’t quit coal.|Lily Kuo, Steven Mufson|September 21, 2021|Washington Post
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.
The Botanist Who Defied Stalin - Issue 99: Universality|Lee Alan Dugatkin|April 21, 2021|Nautilus
Or when he said the Clinton camp was trying to “bamboozle” or “hoodwink” voters?
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s Lovefest on ‘60 Minutes’|Lauren Ashburn|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From blueberry-free blueberry muffins to nutty cereals with no nuts, how foodmakers hoodwink their customers.
Foods That Fudge the Facts|Kate Dailey|January 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Madame de la Baudraye would have to hoodwink her mother, her husband, her maid, and her mother's maid; that is too much to do.
Parisians in the Country|Honore de Balzac
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.
Hero Stories from American History|Albert F. Blaisdell
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.
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill|John T. McIntyre

British Dictionary definitions for hoodwink

hoodwink

/ (ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk) /

verb (tr)

to dupe; trick

obsolete to cover or hide

Derived forms of hoodwink

hoodwinker, noun

Word Origin for hoodwink

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

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