'Hoodwink' definitions:

Definition of 'hoodwink'

(from WordNet)
verb
Influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink]
verb
Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false]

Definition of 'Hoodwink'

From: GCIDE
  • Hoodwink \Hood"wink\ (h[oo^]d"w[i^][ng]k), v. t. [Hood + wink.]
  • 1. To blind by covering the eyes. [1913 Webster]
  • We will blind and hoodwink him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hoodwink'

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