Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, 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.