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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hoodwink \Hood"wink\, v. t. [Hood + wink.] 1. To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hoodwink him --Shak. 2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon ``Hoodwinked with kindness.'' --Sir P. Sidney. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hoodwink v 1: influence by slyness [syn: {juggle}, {beguile}] 2: conceal one's true motives from esp. by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: {bamboozle}, {snow}, {lead by the nose}, {play false}]
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