Associations to the word «Hoodwink»
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Wiktionary
HOODWINK, verb. (archaic) To cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold.
HOODWINK, verb. To deceive or trick.
Dictionary definition
HOODWINK, verb. Influence by slyness.
HOODWINK, verb. Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well".
Wise words
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the
words men use.