hornswoggle

== English == === Etymology === Unknown, 1829 US, jocular coinage like contemporary absquatulate. Presumably horns + waggle with humorous faux ablaut or combination with wobble (compare later woggle, 1923), perhaps inspired by lassoed steers trying to escape by moving their head. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːn.swɒɡ.əl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹn.swɑ.ɡəl/ Hyphenation: horn‧swog‧gle === Verb === hornswoggle (third-person singular simple present hornswoggles, present participle hornswoggling, simple past and past participle hornswoggled) (transitive, slang) To deceive or trick. ==== Synonyms ==== (deceive or trick): deceive, dupe, trick ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hornswoggle (slang) nonsense; humbug ==== See also ==== woggle Appendix:Fanciful 19th century American coinages === References === John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary