Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bamboozle
Participle: bamboozled
Gerund: bamboozling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bamboozle |
| you | bamboozle |
| he;she;it | bamboozles |
| we | bamboozle |
| you | bamboozle |
| they | bamboozle |
Perfect
| I | have bamboozled |
| you | have bamboozled |
| he;she;it | has bamboozled |
| we | have bamboozled |
| you | have bamboozled |
| they | have bamboozled |
Past
| I | bamboozled |
| you | bamboozled |
| he;she;it | bamboozled |
| we | bamboozled |
| you | bamboozled |
| they | bamboozled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bamboozled |
| you | had bamboozled |
| he;she;it | had bamboozled |
| we | had bamboozled |
| you | had bamboozled |
| they | had bamboozled |
Future
| I | will bamboozle |
| you | will bamboozle |
| he;she;it | will bamboozle |
| we | will bamboozle |
| you | will bamboozle |
| they | will bamboozle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bamboozled |
| you | will have bamboozled |
| he;she;it | will have bamboozled |
| we | will have bamboozled |
| you | will have bamboozled |
| they | will have bamboozled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bamboozle |
| you | bamboozle |
| he;she;it | bamboozle |
| we | bamboozle |
| you | bamboozle |
| they | bamboozle |
Perfect
| I | have bamboozled |
| you | have bamboozled |
| he;she;it | have bamboozled |
| we | have bamboozled |
| you | have bamboozled |
| they | have bamboozled |
Imperfect
| I | bamboozled |
| you | bamboozled |
| he;she;it | bamboozled |
| we | bamboozled |
| you | bamboozled |
| they | bamboozled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bamboozled |
| you | had bamboozled |
| he;she;it | had bamboozled |
| we | had bamboozled |
| you | had bamboozled |
| they | had bamboozled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bamboozle |
| you | would bamboozle |
| he;she;it | would bamboozle |
| we | would bamboozle |
| you | would bamboozle |
| they | would bamboozle |
Perfect
| I | would have bamboozled |
| you | would have bamboozled |
| he;she;it | would have bamboozled |
| we | would have bamboozled |
| you | would have bamboozled |
| they | would have bamboozled |
Imperative
| you | bamboozle |
| we | Let's bamboozle |
| you | bamboozle |
Verbs conjugated like 'bamboozle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bamboozle'
bamfoozle,
bamboo,
amble,
babble,
bambosh,
batmobile,
bimble,
booze,
bumbaze,
bumble,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1703, originally a slang or cant word, perhaps Scottish from
bombaze "perplex," related to
bombast, or Fr.
embabuiner "to make a fool (lit. 'baboon') of."
2. Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner. See: French '
embobiner'.
Sample Sentences
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“Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.” [1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 19”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:]
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‘A clever ruse to bamboozle us.’ [1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 105:]
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You thought it was nope. But actually it's a pupper. Bamboozled again. [2018 March 6, Lucid Software, Nope Chart - Internet Names for Spiders, YouTube:]
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He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.
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"Although Morphy misplays the opening, it does not take him long to bamboozle his opponent." [1951 February, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review:]
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Clarke's defence, bolstered by the return of Grant Hanley, was bamboozled by a flurry of Faroese raids, at least one of which should have delivered a goal. [2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2021:]