Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hoodwink \Hood"wink\, v. t. [Hood + wink.]
   1. To blind by covering the eyes.

            We will blind and hoodwink him.       --Shak.

   2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak.

   3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
      ``Hoodwinked with kindness.'' --Sir P. Sidney.

Source : WordNet®

hoodwink
     v 1: influence by slyness [syn: {juggle}, {beguile}]
     2: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately
        feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He
        bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the
        subject well" [syn: {bamboozle}, {snow}, {pull the wool
        over someone's eyes}, {lead by the nose}, {play false}]