hoodwink

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
3. (archaic, figuratively, transitive) To hide or obscure.
4. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.

Noun

1. (countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
2. (British, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.

Συνώνυμα

deceive

trick

cheat

bamboozle

dupe

swindle

fool

con

hoax

defraud

delude

bilk

juggle

beguile

gull

play false

bluff

snow

❄️

lead by the nose

pull the wool over someone’s eyes

gyp

finagle

outwit

welch

diddle

outsmart

mislead

humbug

chisel

befool

circumvent

entice

screw

spoof

double-cross

rook

gouge

stolen

take in

tempt

victimize

whipsaw

do for

fake out

hornswoggle

play tricks

trick someone

seel

allure

flim-flam

bite

blindfold

buffalo

bunco

chouse

cod

cozen

deception

do

dodge

enmesh

entangle

euchre

evade

fiddle

fleece

fob

fox

🦊

gip

goldbrick

have on

hocus

impose

inveigle

jockey

lure

mulct

seduce

sham

shark

🦈

shave

shortchange

short-change

snooker

soak

sting

Μεταφράσεις

engañar

tromper

täuschen

aldatmak

hintergehen

embrouiller

misleiden

berner

jongler

abuser

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈhʊdwɪŋk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

The verb is derived from hood (“head covering attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak”) + wink (“to close one’s eyes”). (< C16 'to blindfold').
The noun is derived from the verb.