hoodwink

hood·wink

verb \ˈhu̇d-ˌwiŋk\

Definition of HOODWINK

transitive verb

1

archaic : blindfold

2

obsolete : hide

3

: to deceive by false appearance : dupe

— hood·wink·er noun

Examples of HOODWINK

1. Don't let yourself be hoodwinked into buying things you don't need.
2. <Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence.>

Origin of HOODWINK

¹hood + wink

First Known Use: 1562

Related to HOODWINK

Synonyms: bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, deceive, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, sucker, suck in, take in, trick

Antonyms: undeceive

Related Words: kid, put on, tease; bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle

Near Antonyms: debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil; disabuse, disenchant, disillusion

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Rhymes with HOODWINK

bethink, chewink, cross-link, cuff link, downlink, dry sink, eyewink, groupthink, heat sink, hot link, iceblink, lip-synch, misthink, mixed drink, moss pink, preshrink, rat fink, red ink, rethink, rose pink, sea pink, shell pink, soft drink, strong drink, unkink, uplink, wild pink