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debamboozle

debamboozle verb: to free from confusion; to enlighten.

Verb

debamboozle (third-person singular simple present debamboozles, present participle debamboozling, simple past and past participle debamboozled)

  1. (informal, transitive) To free from confusion; to enlighten.

Forms of debamboozle

third-person singular presentdebamboozles
present participledebamboozling
past participledebamboozled
pastdebamboozled

Origin of debamboozle

From de- + bamboozle.

Questions about debamboozle

What does debamboozle mean?
Debamboozle means to free from confusion; to enlighten.
What part of speech is debamboozle?
Debamboozle is a verb.
What is the past tense of debamboozle?
The past tense of debamboozle is debamboozled.

Words near debamboozle in the dictionary

  1. deballers
  2. deballing
  3. deballs
  4. Debaltseve
  5. Debaltsevo
  6. debamboozle
  7. debamboozled
  8. debamboozles
  9. debamboozling
  10. debanding
  11. debandings

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