- Archaic to blindfold
- to mislead or confuse by trickery; dupe
Origin of hoodwink
hood + wink
verb
The definition of hoodwink is to trick or deceive someone.
An example of hoodwink is when you tell a lie to your friend about why you want to borrow his car, saying you need to take a sick aunt to the hospital when you really want to go on a date.
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hoodwink
transitive verb
hood·winked, hood·wink·ing, hood·winks- To deceive or swindle by deception. See Synonyms at deceive.
- Archaic To blindfold.
- Obsolete To conceal.
Related Forms:
- hood′wink′er
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present hoodwinks, present participle hoodwinking, simple past and past participle hoodwinked)
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Sentence Examples
- Most places that proclaim "We speak English" will likely hoodwink you for your cash and give you sub-standard food.
- This treaty, however, was kept from public knowledge, and Ashley helped Charles to hoodwink parliament by signing a similar treaty on the 2nd of February 1672, which was laid before them as the only one in existence.