"ferhoodle" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-ferhoodle.wav Forms: ferhoodles [present, singular, third-person], ferhoodling [participle, present], ferhoodled [participle, past], ferhoodled [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Pennsylvania German verhuddle. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pdc|verhuddle}} Pennsylvania German verhuddle Head templates: {{en-verb}} ferhoodle (third-person singular simple present ferhoodles, present participle ferhoodling, simple past and past participle ferhoodled)
  1. (US, dialect, transitive) To confuse or puzzle. Tags: US, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-ferhoodle-en-verb-TzuLP43N Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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