Hoodwink - plus, name that synonym

[Merriam-Webster]( WORD OF THE DAY [April 1, 2019](#none) hoodwink [Audio pronunciation]( verb | HOOD-wink Definition : to deceive by false appearance : [dupe]( Scroll down for more about hoodwink TRENDING NOW: [redact]( [redacted]( [whitewash]( [exonerate]( [SEE ALL [>]]( PEOPLE ARE READING # [The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 3/29/19]( # [Checking Boxes: 8 Box Words]( # ['Purview' or 'Preview'?]( # [On "The Big Three" Nonrules of Writing]( WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE [March 2019 Words of the Day Quiz]( How well do you know them? [PLAY NOW]( Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! [TAKE ME THERE [>]]( Did You Know? A now-obsolete sense of the word [wink]( is "to close one's eyes," and [hoodwink]( once meant to cover the eyes of someone, such as a prisoner, with a hood or blindfold. (Hoodwink was also once a name for the game of [blindman's buff](.) This 16th-century term soon came to be used figuratively for veiling the truth. "The Public is easily hood-winked," wrote the Irish physician Charles Lucas in 1756, by which time the figurative use had been around for quite a while—and today, the meaning of the word hasn't changed a wink. Examples of HOODWINK All would be wise to remember that we're especially likely to be hoodwinked on April Fools' Day. "Madsen's fascination with space and rockets and technology could hoodwink you into thinking he was a man of the future; you could miss the fact that his obsession was rooted in nostalgia." — Jeong May Sori, Wired, March 2018 Name That Synonym What synonym of hoodwink rhymes with dozen? [VIEW THE ANSWER [>]]( WORDS AT PLAY 8 Words to Kill Your Appetite 'Borborygmus', 'keck', and other words unsuitable for the dinner table [CHECK OUT OUR LIST [>]]( MORE WORD FUN: [WORD GAMES [>]]( [TRENDING NOW [>]]( [WORDS AT PLAY [>]]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( SHARE: [Facebook][Facebook]( [Twitter][Twitter]( [View this email in a web browser]( You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day. [Unsubscribe from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day]( [Manage your subscription settings]( Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA 01102 [www.merriam-webster.com](