hoodwink

Definitions


[ˈhʊdwɪŋk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deceive or trick
(e.g: staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘to blindfold’): from the noun hood + an obsolete sense of wink ‘close the eyes’




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