hoodwink Definition
hood·wink (ho̵od′wiŋk′)
hoodwink Synonyms
hoodwink Usage Examples
Object
- public: They didn't muck about nor did they try to hoodwink the public.
- people: He added: " I sometimes think love is God's way of hoodwinking people into having kids.
- worker: To put it in simpler language, we do not hoodwink the workers.
- somebody: As any con-man knows, the easiest way to hoodwink your mark is to let him think he's hoodwinking somebody else.
- medium: Magician James Randi had coached the young man and, with a little preparation, managed to totally hoodwink the Australian media.
Modifying Another Word
- again: She should not be hoodwinked again by those who insist that there can be no alternative to the NHS.
- not: To put it in simpler language, we do not hoodwink the workers.
- often: Beside not giving a hoot about the story, the disinterested observer is often hoodwinked and subject to public-relations manipulations.
Browse dictionary entries near hoodwink
- ‹ hoodoo
- ‹ hoodlum
- ‹ hooded seal
- ‹ hooded crow
- ‹ hooded
- ‹ -hood
- ‹ hood
- ‹ hoochie-coochie
- ‹ hooch
- ‹ hoo-ha

