Bam*boo"zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bamboozled (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bamboozling ().] [Said to be of Gipsy origin.]
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
[Colloq.]
Addison.
What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you?
J. H. Newman.
© Webster 1913.