See bamboozle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Clarke's defence, bolstered by the return of Grant Hanley, was bamboozled by a flurry of Faroese raids, at least one of which should have delivered a goal.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To confuse, frustrate or perplex."
],
"links": [
[
"confuse",
"confuse"
],
[
"frustrate",
"frustrate"
],
[
"perplex",
"perplex"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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},
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}
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "bambooze"
}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "balamosvam",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "баламосвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "enredar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "engalipar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "napálit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "poplést"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "obalamutit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "doběhnout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "ošidit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "bedriegen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "misleiden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "huijata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "embrouiller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "moquer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "enfumer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "beschwindeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "tricksen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"standard"
],
"word": "félrevezet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "becsap"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "rászed"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "felültet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "lóvá tesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "átver"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "átvág"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "átráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "átejt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "bepaliz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "szédít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "dupigar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "mistificare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízmami",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "и́змами"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízigra",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "и́зигра"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "whakapōhēhē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "whakapōkaikaha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "napuszczać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "napuścić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wrabiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wrobić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wykiwać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "lograr"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "ludibriar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "păcăli"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "înșela"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "escroca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmányvatʹ",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обма́нывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "engañar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "timar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "embabucar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "mecer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "lura"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "förleda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "dupera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "bedra"
}
],
"word": "bamboozle"
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"2": "embobiner"
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"name": "cog"
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"form": "bamboozles",
"tags": [
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"categories": [
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"glosses": [
"A cheat, hoax, or imposition."
],
"links": [
[
"cheat",
"cheat"
],
[
"hoax",
"hoax"
],
[
"imposition",
"imposition"
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],
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"(obsolete, informal) A cheat, hoax, or imposition."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/bæm.ˈbuː.zl̩/"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bamboozle.wav",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "bambooze"
}
],
"word": "bamboozle"
}
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