Word: hoodwinking
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hood
win
king
Definition: An act of deception.
Morphemes:
Affix: hood
Language: en
Meaning: head covering attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak
Affix: wink
Language: en
Meaning: to close one’s eyes
Etymology Compounds: Affix: winken
Language: enm
Decoded: winken
Meaning: strong verb
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.