Bam*boo"zle (-z'l), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Bamboozled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bamboozling (?).] [Said to be of Gipsy origin.] To deceive by
trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to
humbug. [Colloq.] Addison.
What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you?
J. H. Newman.