hornswoggle

horn·swog·gle

H0279800 (hôrn′swŏg′əl)tr.v. horn·swog·gled, horn·swog·gling, horn·swog·gles Chiefly Northern & Western US To bamboozle; deceive.

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hornswoggle

(ˈhɔːnˌswɒɡəl) vb (tr) slang to cheat or trick; bamboozle[C19: of unknown origin]

horn•swog•gle

(ˈhɔrnˌswɒg əl)

v.t. -gled, -gling. Slang. to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. [1815–25; of uncertain orig.]

hornswoggle

Past participle: hornswoggled
Gerund: hornswoggling

Imperative
hornswoggle
hornswoggle

Present
I hornswoggle
you hornswoggle
he/she/it hornswoggles
we hornswoggle
you hornswoggle
they hornswoggle

Preterite
I hornswoggled
you hornswoggled
he/she/it hornswoggled
we hornswoggled
you hornswoggled
they hornswoggled

Present Continuous
I am hornswoggling
you are hornswoggling
he/she/it is hornswoggling
we are hornswoggling
you are hornswoggling
they are hornswoggling

Present Perfect
I have hornswoggled
you have hornswoggled
he/she/it has hornswoggled
we have hornswoggled
you have hornswoggled
they have hornswoggled

Past Continuous
I was hornswoggling
you were hornswoggling
he/she/it was hornswoggling
we were hornswoggling
you were hornswoggling
they were hornswoggling

Past Perfect
I had hornswoggled
you had hornswoggled
he/she/it had hornswoggled
we had hornswoggled
you had hornswoggled
they had hornswoggled

Future
I will hornswoggle
you will hornswoggle
he/she/it will hornswoggle
we will hornswoggle
you will hornswoggle
they will hornswoggle

Future Perfect
I will have hornswoggled
you will have hornswoggled
he/she/it will have hornswoggled
we will have hornswoggled
you will have hornswoggled
they will have hornswoggled

Future Continuous
I will be hornswoggling
you will be hornswoggling
he/she/it will be hornswoggling
we will be hornswoggling
you will be hornswoggling
they will be hornswoggling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hornswoggling
you have been hornswoggling
he/she/it has been hornswoggling
we have been hornswoggling
you have been hornswoggling
they have been hornswoggling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hornswoggling
you will have been hornswoggling
he/she/it will have been hornswoggling
we will have been hornswoggling
you will have been hornswoggling
they will have been hornswoggling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hornswoggling
you had been hornswoggling
he/she/it had been hornswoggling
we had been hornswoggling
you had been hornswoggling
they had been hornswoggling

Conditional
I would hornswoggle
you would hornswoggle
he/she/it would hornswoggle
we would hornswoggle
you would hornswoggle
they would hornswoggle

Past Conditional
I would have hornswoggled
you would have hornswoggled
he/she/it would have hornswoggled
we would have hornswoggled
you would have hornswoggled
they would have hornswoggled

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

hornswoggle - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

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