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flummoxes

flummoxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flummox.

Meaning of flummox

Verb

flummox (third-person singular simple present flummoxes, present participle flummoxing, simple past and past participle flummoxed)

  1. (transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
    • With United's movement flummoxing the visitors, Berbatov saw his low shot saved well by Ben Foster on his first return to Old Trafford.2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) To give in, to give up, to collapse.

Questions about flummoxes

What is flummoxes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flummoxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flummox.

Words near flummoxes in the dictionary

  1. flummoxable
  2. flummoxed
  3. flummoxer
  4. flummoxers
  5. flummoxery
  6. flummoxes
  7. flummoxing
  8. flummoxy
  9. flummux
  10. flummuxed
  11. flummuxes

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