Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hornswoggle
Participle: hornswoggleeed
Gerund: hornswoggleing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hornswoggle |
| you | hornswoggle |
| he;she;it | hornswoggles |
| we | hornswoggle |
| you | hornswoggle |
| they | hornswoggle |
Perfect
| I | have hornswoggleeed |
| you | have hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | has hornswoggleeed |
| we | have hornswoggleeed |
| you | have hornswoggleeed |
| they | have hornswoggleeed |
Past
| I | hornswoggleeed |
| you | hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | hornswoggleeed |
| we | hornswoggleeed |
| you | hornswoggleeed |
| they | hornswoggleeed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hornswoggleeed |
| you | had hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | had hornswoggleeed |
| we | had hornswoggleeed |
| you | had hornswoggleeed |
| they | had hornswoggleeed |
Future
| I | will hornswoggle |
| you | will hornswoggle |
| he;she;it | will hornswoggle |
| we | will hornswoggle |
| you | will hornswoggle |
| they | will hornswoggle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hornswoggleeed |
| you | will have hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | will have hornswoggleeed |
| we | will have hornswoggleeed |
| you | will have hornswoggleeed |
| they | will have hornswoggleeed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hornswoggle |
| you | hornswoggle |
| he;she;it | hornswoggle |
| we | hornswoggle |
| you | hornswoggle |
| they | hornswoggle |
Perfect
| I | have hornswoggleeed |
| you | have hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | have hornswoggleeed |
| we | have hornswoggleeed |
| you | have hornswoggleeed |
| they | have hornswoggleeed |
Imperfect
| I | hornswoggleeed |
| you | hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | hornswoggleeed |
| we | hornswoggleeed |
| you | hornswoggleeed |
| they | hornswoggleeed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hornswoggleeed |
| you | had hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | had hornswoggleeed |
| we | had hornswoggleeed |
| you | had hornswoggleeed |
| they | had hornswoggleeed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hornswoggle |
| you | would hornswoggle |
| he;she;it | would hornswoggle |
| we | would hornswoggle |
| you | would hornswoggle |
| they | would hornswoggle |
Perfect
| I | would have hornswoggleeed |
| you | would have hornswoggleeed |
| he;she;it | would have hornswoggleeed |
| we | would have hornswoggleeed |
| you | would have hornswoggleeed |
| they | would have hornswoggleeed |
Imperative
| you | hornswoggle |
| we | Let's hornswoggle |
| you | hornswoggle |
Verbs conjugated like 'hornswoggle'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hornswoggle'
boondoggle,
broggle,
console,
cornhole,
croggle,
forslugge,
honeyfuggle,
honeyfugle,
roggle,
shoggle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unknown, 1829 US, jocular coinage like contemporary absquatulate. Presumably horns + waggle with humorous faux ablaut or combination with wobble (compare later woggle, 1923), perhaps inspired by lassoed steers trying to escape by moving their head.
Sample Sentences
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Don't let them hornswoggle you into buying anything you don't need.