- flummox
- transitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1837 confuse
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
flummox
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flummox — 1837, cant word, origin uncertain, probably from some forgotten British dialect. Candidates cluster in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire and also in Sheffield. The formation seems to be onomatopЕ“ic, expressive of the notion of… … Etymology dictionary
flummox — [v] confuse baffle, bewilder, buffalo*, confound, discombobulate*, disconcert, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stump, throw*, throw off*; concept 16 … New thesaurus
flummox — ► VERB informal ▪ perplex; bewilder. ORIGIN probably dialect … English terms dictionary
flummox — [flum′əks] vt. [< ?] [Old Slang] to confuse; perplex … English World dictionary
flummox — n A failure. Foster is the greatest flummox the world has every known. 1860s … Historical dictionary of American slang
flummox — /flum euhks/, v.t. Informal. to bewilder; confound; confuse. [1830 40; orig. uncert.] * * * … Universalium
flummox — verb To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast … Wiktionary
flummox — Synonyms and related words: abash, addle, addle the wits, baffle, balk, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bomb, bother, brave, bug, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter,… … Moby Thesaurus
flummox — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say: confound, nonplus. Informal: stick, stump, throw. Slang: beat. Idiom: put someone at a loss. See AFFECT, KNOWLEDGE … English dictionary for students
flummox — [[t]flʌ̱məks[/t]] flummoxes, flummoxing, flummoxed VERB: usu passive If someone is flummoxed by something, they are confused by it and do not know what to do or say. [be V ed] The two leaders were flummoxed by the suggestion. Derived words:… … English dictionary
