'Hoodwink' definitions:
Definition of 'hoodwink'
From: WordNet
verb
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bamboozle,
- bandage,
- bedazzle,
- befool,
- benight,
- blind,
- blind the eyes,
- blindfold,
- chicane,
- con,
- darken,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- deceive,
- defraud,
- delude,
- deprive of sight,
- dim,
- dupe,
- eclipse,
- excecate,
- flimflam,
- fool,
- glare,
- gouge,
- gull,
- hoax,
- humbug,
- make blind,
- mislead,
- obscure,
- outwit,
- rook,
- snow,
- snow-blind,
- strike blind,
- suck in,
- trick