MEANING
To trick someone into believing something false or doing something against their interests.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- hoodwink investors
- hoodwink someone into agreeing
On the page
The polished presentation hoodwinked several experienced investors.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- hoodwink
- Past tense
- hoodwinked
- Past participle
- hoodwinked
- Present participle
- hoodwinking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- hoodwink
- Present continuous
- am/is/are hoodwinking
- Present perfect
- have/has hoodwinked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been hoodwinking
- Past
- hoodwinked
- Past continuous
- was/were hoodwinking
- Past perfect
- had hoodwinked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been hoodwinking
- Future
- will hoodwink
- Future continuous
- will be hoodwinking
- Future perfect
- will have hoodwinked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been hoodwinking
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: hoodwink; hoodwinks; hoodwinked; hoodwinked; hoodwinking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: hoodwinks.
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