bamˈboozling,vbl.n. = bamboozlement. 1709Steele TatlerNo. 31 ⁋7 Sir, I perceive this is to you all bamboozling..All this good language was lost upon him.1812J. & H. Smith Reject. Addr. v. (1873) 35 The dramatic bamboozling they have hitherto laboured under.