bambooze
/bæmˈbuz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“Oh, come now, Jacques,” he grumbles, “ain’t they listed yet, those famous shares of yours ? Your uncle promised to give me a part interest for my wages, but it won’t do for him to bambooze me too long, because I will give him as good as he sends, I will ! I ain’t the sort to be gammoned, I ain’t !”"
- "As " Here lie the slimsey remains of aristocratic wit: Which shone awhile with uncommon brilliancy: Illuminating the 15 Un. States: Evidently calculated to bambooze the people into a just sense of their dearest rizts; until: Exhausting its glow-worm taper in squibs crackers buffoonery & bombast is now set: In eternal oblivion! ""
- "He shadows the regular in his name, the massage operator in his method, and the hypnotist in bamboozing the public."
- "I told him that if he thinks he can bambooze me with any such truck of a notion he was crazy."
Etymology
Back-formation from bamboozle.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bæmˈbuz/
- British English: /bæmˈbuːz/