Definition of hoodwink in English:

hoodwink

verb ˈhʊdwɪŋkˈhʊdˌwɪŋk

[with object]

Deceive or trick.
欺骗（或哄骗）（人）
staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun
职工都被骗认为那黄瓜是支锯短的枪。
Example sentencesExamples
- Any party that claims it's not necessary is hoodwinking voters.
- So maybe he himself was hoodwinked into a misguided war.
- Once people have experienced a free press, they will never want to be hoodwinked again by papers attempting to cover the government's dirty footprints.
- Obviously the players in this case have so little respect for the intelligence of the public, that they think that they can hoodwink us, tell us anything that comes to mind, and then gloss over it.
- They accuse stem cell research traditionalists of hoodwinking the public by promising cures they cannot deliver.
- But I have to say that in this instance she emerges with a lot of credit as someone who is prepared to put her money where her mouth is - and is prepared to admit in public that she was hoodwinked.
- Among other things, the show will feature Randi's demonstration of the cold-reading technique used by magicians to entertain and mediums to hoodwink an unsuspecting public.
- Surely there's a better way forward than hoodwinking the public?
- His principle was simple: to deceive the enemy you must first hoodwink your allies.
- The privatizers have hoodwinked us into believing that public education, like poverty, is hopeless.
- Cabinet advice, says Hide, showed the public had been hoodwinked into investing in a project that made billions for a Hollywood studio.
- Do not now try to insult me further by attempting to hoodwink me with any further false promises.
- I believe it's another attempt to hoodwink the population that they are doing something about crime.
- In fact, in the developed countries, there are other bodies which put the claims of the adverts to the test through stringent laboratory tests to ensure customers are not being hoodwinked.
- Critics of fish farming are furious at what they consider to be an attempt to hoodwink the public.
- We work too hard for our dollars (which are worth less and less every day) to be hoodwinked and cheated by unscrupulous places such as these.
- But hoodwinking the public on scientific and technological subjects is not difficult.
- What they are really saying is that they will try to hoodwink the public.
Synonyms
deceive, trick, dupe, outwit, fool, delude, cheat, take in, bluff, hoax, mislead, misguide, lead on, defraud, double-cross, swindle, gull, finagle, get the better of
informal con, bamboozle, do, have, sting, gyp, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, shaft, bilk, rook, rip off, lead up the garden path, pull a fast one on, put one over on, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, throw dust in someone's eyes, sell a pup to, take to the cleaners
North American informal sucker, snooker, stiff, euchre, bunco, hornswoggle, make a sucker of
Australian informal pull a swifty on
archaic cozen, sharp, befool
rare mulct

Origin

Mid 16th century (originally in the sense 'to blindfold'): from the noun hood¹ + an obsolete sense of wink 'close the eyes'.

wink from Old English:
Today someone who winks closes and opens an eye quickly. In Anglo-Saxon times to wink was simply to close the eyes. Hoodwink, meaning ‘to trick or deceive’, harks back to this original meaning. To hoodwink someone in the 16th century was to blindfold with a hood, before an execution or while attacking them. The modern metaphorical sense developed early the next century. To tip someone the wink is an example of old underworld slang or ‘rogues' cant’ recorded from the 17th century. It is probably the source of tip in the sense of ‘a useful piece of advice’. Tip here means simply ‘to give, allow to have’—its use in sentences like ‘tip me a shilling’ led to the modern sense of tip, ‘a sum of money given as a reward for good service’, found from the mid 18th century. See also nod

Definition of hoodwink in US English:

hoodwink

verbˈhʊdˌwɪŋkˈho͝odˌwiNGk

[with object]

Deceive or trick (someone)
欺骗（或哄骗）（人）
an attempt to hoodwink the public
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, in the developed countries, there are other bodies which put the claims of the adverts to the test through stringent laboratory tests to ensure customers are not being hoodwinked.
- The privatizers have hoodwinked us into believing that public education, like poverty, is hopeless.
- But I have to say that in this instance she emerges with a lot of credit as someone who is prepared to put her money where her mouth is - and is prepared to admit in public that she was hoodwinked.
- Cabinet advice, says Hide, showed the public had been hoodwinked into investing in a project that made billions for a Hollywood studio.
- Once people have experienced a free press, they will never want to be hoodwinked again by papers attempting to cover the government's dirty footprints.
- His principle was simple: to deceive the enemy you must first hoodwink your allies.
- So maybe he himself was hoodwinked into a misguided war.
- They accuse stem cell research traditionalists of hoodwinking the public by promising cures they cannot deliver.
- But hoodwinking the public on scientific and technological subjects is not difficult.
- Critics of fish farming are furious at what they consider to be an attempt to hoodwink the public.
- Surely there's a better way forward than hoodwinking the public?
- Do not now try to insult me further by attempting to hoodwink me with any further false promises.
- We work too hard for our dollars (which are worth less and less every day) to be hoodwinked and cheated by unscrupulous places such as these.
- What they are really saying is that they will try to hoodwink the public.
- Among other things, the show will feature Randi's demonstration of the cold-reading technique used by magicians to entertain and mediums to hoodwink an unsuspecting public.
- Obviously the players in this case have so little respect for the intelligence of the public, that they think that they can hoodwink us, tell us anything that comes to mind, and then gloss over it.
- Any party that claims it's not necessary is hoodwinking voters.
- I believe it's another attempt to hoodwink the population that they are doing something about crime.
Synonyms
deceive, trick, dupe, outwit, fool, delude, cheat, take in, bluff, hoax, mislead, misguide, lead on, defraud, double-cross, swindle, gull, finagle, get the better of

Origin

Mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘to blindfold’): from the noun hood + an obsolete sense of wink ‘close the eyes’.

单词	hoodwink
释义	Definition of hoodwink in English: hoodwink verb ˈhʊdwɪŋkˈhʊdˌwɪŋk [with object] Deceive or trick. 欺骗（或哄骗）（人） staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun 职工都被骗认为那黄瓜是支锯短的枪。 Example sentencesExamples Any party that claims it's not necessary is hoodwinking voters. So maybe he himself was hoodwinked into a misguided war. Once people have experienced a free press, they will never want to be hoodwinked again by papers attempting to cover the government's dirty footprints. Obviously the players in this case have so little respect for the intelligence of the public, that they think that they can hoodwink us, tell us anything that comes to mind, and then gloss over it. They accuse stem cell research traditionalists of hoodwinking the public by promising cures they cannot deliver. But I have to say that in this instance she emerges with a lot of credit as someone who is prepared to put her money where her mouth is - and is prepared to admit in public that she was hoodwinked. Among other things, the show will feature Randi's demonstration of the cold-reading technique used by magicians to entertain and mediums to hoodwink an unsuspecting public. Surely there's a better way forward than hoodwinking the public? His principle was simple: to deceive the enemy you must first hoodwink your allies. The privatizers have hoodwinked us into believing that public education, like poverty, is hopeless. Cabinet advice, says Hide, showed the public had been hoodwinked into investing in a project that made billions for a Hollywood studio. Do not now try to insult me further by attempting to hoodwink me with any further false promises. I believe it's another attempt to hoodwink the population that they are doing something about crime. In fact, in the developed countries, there are other bodies which put the claims of the adverts to the test through stringent laboratory tests to ensure customers are not being hoodwinked. Critics of fish farming are furious at what they consider to be an attempt to hoodwink the public. We work too hard for our dollars (which are worth less and less every day) to be hoodwinked and cheated by unscrupulous places such as these. But hoodwinking the public on scientific and technological subjects is not difficult. What they are really saying is that they will try to hoodwink the public. Synonyms deceive, trick, dupe, outwit, fool, delude, cheat, take in, bluff, hoax, mislead, misguide, lead on, defraud, double-cross, swindle, gull, finagle, get the better of informal con, bamboozle, do, have, sting, gyp, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, shaft, bilk, rook, rip off, lead up the garden path, pull a fast one on, put one over on, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, throw dust in someone's eyes, sell a pup to, take to the cleaners North American informal sucker, snooker, stiff, euchre, bunco, hornswoggle, make a sucker of Australian informal pull a swifty on archaic cozen, sharp, befool rare mulct Origin Mid 16th century (originally in the sense 'to blindfold'): from the noun hood¹ + an obsolete sense of wink 'close the eyes'. wink from Old English: Today someone who winks closes and opens an eye quickly. In Anglo-Saxon times to wink was simply to close the eyes. Hoodwink, meaning ‘to trick or deceive’, harks back to this original meaning. To hoodwink someone in the 16th century was to blindfold with a hood, before an execution or while attacking them. The modern metaphorical sense developed early the next century. To tip someone the wink is an example of old underworld slang or ‘rogues' cant’ recorded from the 17th century. It is probably the source of tip in the sense of ‘a useful piece of advice’. Tip here means simply ‘to give, allow to have’—its use in sentences like ‘tip me a shilling’ led to the modern sense of tip, ‘a sum of money given as a reward for good service’, found from the mid 18th century. See also nod Definition of hoodwink in US English: hoodwink verbˈhʊdˌwɪŋkˈho͝odˌwiNGk [with object] Deceive or trick (someone) 欺骗（或哄骗）（人） an attempt to hoodwink the public Example sentencesExamples In fact, in the developed countries, there are other bodies which put the claims of the adverts to the test through stringent laboratory tests to ensure customers are not being hoodwinked. The privatizers have hoodwinked us into believing that public education, like poverty, is hopeless. But I have to say that in this instance she emerges with a lot of credit as someone who is prepared to put her money where her mouth is - and is prepared to admit in public that she was hoodwinked. Cabinet advice, says Hide, showed the public had been hoodwinked into investing in a project that made billions for a Hollywood studio. Once people have experienced a free press, they will never want to be hoodwinked again by papers attempting to cover the government's dirty footprints. His principle was simple: to deceive the enemy you must first hoodwink your allies. So maybe he himself was hoodwinked into a misguided war. They accuse stem cell research traditionalists of hoodwinking the public by promising cures they cannot deliver. But hoodwinking the public on scientific and technological subjects is not difficult. Critics of fish farming are furious at what they consider to be an attempt to hoodwink the public. Surely there's a better way forward than hoodwinking the public? Do not now try to insult me further by attempting to hoodwink me with any further false promises. We work too hard for our dollars (which are worth less and less every day) to be hoodwinked and cheated by unscrupulous places such as these. What they are really saying is that they will try to hoodwink the public. Among other things, the show will feature Randi's demonstration of the cold-reading technique used by magicians to entertain and mediums to hoodwink an unsuspecting public. Obviously the players in this case have so little respect for the intelligence of the public, that they think that they can hoodwink us, tell us anything that comes to mind, and then gloss over it. Any party that claims it's not necessary is hoodwinking voters. I believe it's another attempt to hoodwink the population that they are doing something about crime. Synonyms deceive, trick, dupe, outwit, fool, delude, cheat, take in, bluff, hoax, mislead, misguide, lead on, defraud, double-cross, swindle, gull, finagle, get the better of Origin Mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘to blindfold’): from the noun hood + an obsolete sense of wink ‘close the eyes’.
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