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You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
Peter Maxwell Davies

Meaning of "hoodwink" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOODWINK

Originally, to cover the eyes with a hood, blindfold.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOODWINK

hoodwink  [ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOODWINK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hoodwink is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hoodwink in English.

WHAT DOES HOODWINK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hoodwink

Hoodwink, Hoodwinked, or Hoodwinkers may refer to: ▪ Hoodwink, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe ▪ Hoodwink , 1981 Australian film ▪ Hoodwinked!, 2005 American action-comedy film ▪ Hoodwinked, soundtrack from the film ▪ Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, 2011 sequel to the 2006 film ▪ The Hoodwinkers, 13th book in the Romney Marsh series of novels by Monica Edwards, published in 1962 ▪ Hoodwink Island, an Antarctic island...

Definition of hoodwink in the English dictionary

The definition of hoodwink in the dictionary is to dupe; trick. Other definition of hoodwink is to cover or hide.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOODWINK

PRESENT

Present
I hoodwink
you hoodwink
he/she/it hoodwinks
we hoodwink
you hoodwink
they hoodwink
Present continuous
I am hoodwinking
you are hoodwinking
he/she/it is hoodwinking
we are hoodwinking
you are hoodwinking
they are hoodwinking
Present perfect
I have hoodwinked
you have hoodwinked
he/she/it has hoodwinked
we have hoodwinked
you have hoodwinked
they have hoodwinked
Present perfect continuous
I have been hoodwinking
you have been hoodwinking
he/she/it has been hoodwinking
we have been hoodwinking
you have been hoodwinking
they have been hoodwinking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hoodwinked
you hoodwinked
he/she/it hoodwinked
we hoodwinked
you hoodwinked
they hoodwinked
Past continuous
I was hoodwinking
you were hoodwinking
he/she/it was hoodwinking
we were hoodwinking
you were hoodwinking
they were hoodwinking
Past perfect
I had hoodwinked
you had hoodwinked
he/she/it had hoodwinked
we had hoodwinked
you had hoodwinked
they had hoodwinked
Past perfect continuous
I had been hoodwinking
you had been hoodwinking
he/she/it had been hoodwinking
we had been hoodwinking
you had been hoodwinking
they had been hoodwinking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hoodwink
you will hoodwink
he/she/it will hoodwink
we will hoodwink
you will hoodwink
they will hoodwink
Future continuous
I will be hoodwinking
you will be hoodwinking
he/she/it will be hoodwinking
we will be hoodwinking
you will be hoodwinking
they will be hoodwinking
Future perfect
I will have hoodwinked
you will have hoodwinked
he/she/it will have hoodwinked
we will have hoodwinked
you will have hoodwinked
they will have hoodwinked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hoodwinking
you will have been hoodwinking
he/she/it will have been hoodwinking
we will have been hoodwinking
you will have been hoodwinking
they will have been hoodwinking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hoodwink
you would hoodwink
he/she/it would hoodwink
we would hoodwink
you would hoodwink
they would hoodwink
Conditional continuous
I would be hoodwinking
you would be hoodwinking
he/she/it would be hoodwinking
we would be hoodwinking
you would be hoodwinking
they would be hoodwinking
Conditional perfect
I would have hoodwink
you would have hoodwink
he/she/it would have hoodwink
we would have hoodwink
you would have hoodwink
they would have hoodwink
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hoodwinking
you would have been hoodwinking
he/she/it would have been hoodwinking
we would have been hoodwinking
you would have been hoodwinking
they would have been hoodwinking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hoodwink
we let´s hoodwink
you hoodwink
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hoodwink
Past participle
hoodwinked
Present Participle
hoodwinking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOODWINK


chewink
tʃəˈwɪŋk
eyewink
ˈaɪˌwɪŋk
forswink
fɔːˈswɪŋk
hornywink
ˈhɔːnɪˌwɪŋk
kiddywink
ˈkɪdɪˌwɪŋk
swink
swɪŋk
tiddledywink
ˈtɪdəldɪˌwɪŋk
tiddleywink
ˈtɪdəlɪˌwɪŋk
tiddlywink
ˈtɪdlɪˌwɪŋk
twink
twɪŋk
wink
wɪŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOODWINK

hood mould
hood rat
hooded
hooded crow
hooded seal
hoodia
hoodie
hoodie crow
hoodless
hoodlike
hoodlum
hoodlumish
hoodlumism
hoodman
hoodman-blind
hoodmold
hoodoo
hoodooism
hoodwinker
hoody

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOODWINK

blink
brink
fink
hyperlink
I don´t think
ink
kink
link
meat and drink
mink
on the blink
permalink
pink
rethink
rink
shrink
sink
stink
think
tip the wink

Synonyms and antonyms of hoodwink in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOODWINK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hoodwink» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hoodwink
bamboozle · befool · cheat · con · cozen · deceive · delude · dupe · fool · gull · hoax · kid · mislead · rook · scam · swindle · trick

Translation of «hoodwink» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOODWINK

Find out the translation of hoodwink to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoodwink from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoodwink» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一手遮天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hoodwink
570 millions of speakers

English

hoodwink
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चालाकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خداع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обмануть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hoodwink
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hoodooism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frauder
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hoodooism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hoodwink
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

눈속임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoodooism
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lường gạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hoodooism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लुडबुझी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoodooism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingannare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hoodwink
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обдурити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orbi
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ξεγελώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verschalken
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

hoodwink
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoodwink
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoodwink

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOODWINK»

The term «hoodwink» is regularly used and occupies the 66.874 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOODWINK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hoodwink» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hoodwink» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoodwink

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2 QUOTES WITH «HOODWINK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hoodwink.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
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Daniel H. Pink
Most of what we know about sales comes from a world of information asymmetry, where for a very long time sellers had more information than buyers. That meant sellers could hoodwink buyers, especially if buyers did not have a lot of choices or a way to talk back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOODWINK»

Discover the use of hoodwink in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoodwink and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hoodwink
He wants Nameless to help him locate the person who is trying to blackmail Dancer for a purported plagiarism of a story called "Hoodwink.
Bill Pronzini, 2011
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Hoodwink: A Topical Story of Special Political Action When ...
Then HOODWINK is the book for you!Set in the dramatic days following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Dominic Torr's fourth spy novel tells a gripping tale about a Soviet 'Special Political Action' operation to destabilise the UK. The plot ...
Dominic Torr, 2013
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Hoodwink
The second book in this exciting and action-driven adventure... Each book in the series will canvas a mystery in the present by solving a mystery in the past.
Rhonda Roberts, 2011
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Coded Messages: How the CIA and NSA Hoodwink Congress and ...
All this is enlivened with entertaining behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the author?s.
Nelson McAvoy, 2010
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Do-It-Yourself BIBLE PROPHECY KIT!
Brutelike doubters pistol-whip not wrenches. Pistol-whip now huckster obedient blusterer. Worthwhile speckles or stubborn ineptitude. Snubbier wretches hoodwink polite splutter. Hoodwink wrenches better burliest populist. White-hot blinders ...
J. Smith
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Hoodwink
A merry-go-round of mayhem, mobsters and misapprehensions as everybody tries to fool everyone else and only the killer means business.
Paula Gosling, 1990
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Hoodwink and the Invisible Doorway
On the day before Halloween, 10th grader Bob Wright and 9th grader Esmerelda Keeley discover an inexplicable invisible doorway at the edge of a quiet suburban intersection, where they are befriended by an uncanny stray-the dog Hoodwink-who ...
Michael Rayleigh-Taylor, 2013
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Mystery Fanfare: A Composite Annotated Index to Mystery and ...
... LEAVING EXERCISE HOODWINK HOMICIDE BLONDE THE MIME BLOWBACK BLOWBACK BLOWBACK THE EDGAR WINNERS GAMES GAMES HOODWINK HOODWINK HOODWINK LABYRINTH LABYRINTH LABYRINTH LABYRINTH ...
Michael L. Cook, 1983
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The Masonic Hoodwink
THIS 10 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Symbolical Masonry: An Interpretation of the Three Degrees, by H. L. Haywood. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564595927.
H. L. Haywood, 2010
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Hoodwink the Owl
The story of Hoodwink, the owl, who lives in the Central American country of Belize and his encounters with the other animals of the forest.
Sharon Matola, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOODWINK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoodwink is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Latest: Obama challenges critics of Iran nuclear deal
Israel's ambassador to the United States says he doesn't believe President Barack Obama "tried to hoodwink Israel" with the nuclear deal. «Chron.com, Jul 15»
2
Green Ray CMD Caught From Nigeria Hide-out - The New Indian …
Sahiruddin was hiding at Abuja, Nigeria's capital, with family to hoodwink the CBI which has been entrusted to probe the multi-crore chit fund ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
The Latest: Graham says Iran wants to destroy Israel | Newsday
Israel's ambassador to the United States says he doesn't believe President Barack Obama "tried to hoodwink Israel" with the nuclear deal. «Newsday, Jul 15»
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The Latest: Pro-Israel group urges Congress to reject deal - Hawaii …
Israel's ambassador to the United States says he doesn't believe President Barack Obama "tried to hoodwink Israel" with the nuclear deal. «Hawaii News Now, Jul 15»
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Bernie Sanders attracts posse of protesters
"I feel like they're recycling a lot of terminologies, slogans that have been used to hoodwink people in the past," she told the Examiner. "I think ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
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Greek parliament passes 'bad' bailout package - Cyprus Mail Cyprus …
So, Greeks managed to hoodwink EC/IMF. Μπράβο σας , κύριοι Έλληνες. Slomi. Lets see now . Blighty Almighty. Meanwhile;”A formation of six ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
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The Latest: British official says Israel opposes any deal
Israel's ambassador to the United States says he doesn't believe President Barack Obama "tried to hoodwink Israel" with the nuclear deal. He said the U.S. and ... «news9.com KWTV, Jul 15»
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Raila uses Iftar gathering to poke holes into Jubilee reign - Mediamax
Where does he get all this money from to hoodwink Kenyans that he is philanthropic I told you corruption is taking the country to the dogs and ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
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allAfrica.com: Zambia: Another Lie On Dr Rajan Mahtani Rubbished
The truth is that no such bribery attempt was made. The article is meant to hoodwink the Ventrliglia family so that they can release more money. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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The Latest: US circulates draft UN resolution on Iran … - WPEC-TV 12
Israel's ambassador to the United States says he doesn't believe President Barack Obama "tried to hoodwink Israel" with the nuclear deal. «WPEC, Jul 15»

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