Bam

1. v. t. To cheat; to wheedle.
2. n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

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Bambino

1. n. Babe Ruth.
2. n. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.

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Bambocciade

1. n. A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.

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Bamboo

1. v. t. To flog with the bamboo.
2. n. A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.

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Bamboozled

1. imp. & p. p. of Bamboozle

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Bamboozling

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bamboozle

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Bamboozle

1. v. t. To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.

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Bamboozler

1. n. A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.

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Ban

1. n. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
2. n. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
3. n. A calling together of the king’s (esp. the French king’s) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.
4. n. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
5. n. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
6. n. A curse or anathema.

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Banned

1. imp. & p. p. of Ban

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