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ferhoodle

UK/fəˈhuː.dl̩/US/fəɹˈhu.dl̩/

ferhoodle verb: to confuse or puzzle.

Verb

ferhoodle (third-person singular simple present ferhoodles, present participle ferhoodling, simple past and past participle ferhoodled)

  1. (US, dialectal, transitive) To confuse or puzzle.
    • Oh, how confrontations ferhoodled her.2014, Stephanie Reed, “The Bachelor”, in Plain City Peace: Book Two, Kregel Publications, page 89

ferhoodle meaning in Tamil and Bengali

ferhoodle in Tamil

கலந்துவிடு, குழப்பு

ferhoodle in Bengali

বিভ্রান্ত, হতভম্ব করা

Forms of ferhoodle

third-person singular presentferhoodles
present participleferhoodling
past participleferhoodled
pastferhoodled

Origin of ferhoodle

Borrowed from Pennsylvania German verhuddle.

Words that rhyme with ferhoodle

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Questions about ferhoodle

What does ferhoodle mean?
Ferhoodle means to confuse or puzzle.
What is ferhoodle in Tamil?
Ferhoodle in Tamil is கலந்துவிடு, குழப்பு. See Ferhoodle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ferhoodle?
Ferhoodle is a verb.
How do you pronounce ferhoodle?
Ferhoodle is pronounced /fəˈhuː.dl̩/ (UK).
What is the past tense of ferhoodle?
The past tense of ferhoodle is ferhoodled.

Words near ferhoodle in the dictionary

  1. Fergusons
  2. Fergusson
  3. Fergusson Island striped possum
  4. Fergussons
  5. Fergy
  6. ferhoodle
  7. ferhoodled
  8. ferhoodles
  9. ferhoodling
  10. feria
  11. feriae

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ferhoodle (page history and authors); ferhoodle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ferhoodle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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