"kerflummox" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kerflummox (third-person singular simple present kerflummoxes, present participle kerflummoxing, simple past and past participle kerflummoxed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flummox; to perplex or baffle."
      ],
      "id": "en-kerflummox-en-verb-KOLuIhL4",
      "links": [
        [
          "flummox",
          "flummox"
        ],
        [
          "perplex",
          "perplex"
        ],
        [
          "baffle",
          "baffle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To flummox; to perplex or baffle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous",
          "text": "Disko Troop was smoking by the roof of the cabin—one eye on the craft around, and the other on the little fly at the main-mast-head.\n\"When Dad kerflummoxes that way,\" said Dan in a whisper, \"he's doin' some high-line thinkin' fer all hands. I'll lay my wage an' share we'll make berth soon. […]\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ponder or meditate."
      ],
      "id": "en-kerflummox-en-verb-DLquokxR",
      "links": [
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "meditate",
          "meditate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal, archaic) To ponder or meditate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kerflummox"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerflummoxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kerflummox (third-person singular simple present kerflummoxes, present participle kerflummoxing, simple past and past participle kerflummoxed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flummox; to perplex or baffle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flummox",
          "flummox"
        ],
        [
          "perplex",
          "perplex"
        ],
        [
          "baffle",
          "baffle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To flummox; to perplex or baffle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous",
          "text": "Disko Troop was smoking by the roof of the cabin—one eye on the craft around, and the other on the little fly at the main-mast-head.\n\"When Dad kerflummoxes that way,\" said Dan in a whisper, \"he's doin' some high-line thinkin' fer all hands. I'll lay my wage an' share we'll make berth soon. […]\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ponder or meditate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "meditate",
          "meditate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal, archaic) To ponder or meditate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kerflummox"
}