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Vinony

flummox

verb

  1. to confuse; to perplex; to bewilder
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Pronunciation: /ˈflʌməks/

verb

Etymology: Uncertain, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily. [OED]. First use appears c. 1837 in the writings of Charles Dickens.

  1. 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.”

  2. To give in, to give up, to collapse.