hoodwink

/ˈhʊdwɪŋk/

verb4

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(figurative) To deceive using a disguise; to beguile, dupe, mislead.
- [T]o have to do with you, is to have to do with a man of business who is not to be hoodwinked. — 1852
(no longer used) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
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(figurative, no longer used) To hide or obscure.
- Good my Lord, giue me thy fauour stil, / Be patient, for the prize Ile bring thee too / Shall hudwinke this mischance: therefore speake softly, / All's husht as midnight yet. — 1610
(no longer used, rare) To close the eyes.

forms

hoodwinked · hoodwinkt · hoodwinkedst · hoodwinking · hoodwinketh · hoodwinks · hoodwinkest