bumfuzzle

bum·fuz·zle

transitive verb

bum·fuz·zled, bum·fuz·zling, bum·fuz·zles Chiefly Southern US

To confuse: “The American people must be totally bumfuzzled; [we] keep announcing surpluses and we keep having budget fights” ( Bill Clinton )

Origin of bumfuzzle

Probably bum- (alteration, perhaps influenced by bum ²) (of bamboozle ) fuzzle (perhaps blend of fuddle ) ( fuzzy )

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present bumfuzzles, present participle bumfuzzling, simple past and past participle bumfuzzled)

(chiefly South Midland, southern US) to confuse or fluster.

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