kerflummox

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verb

To flummox; to perplex or baffle.

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Meanings

verbkerflummox (third-person singular simple present kerflummoxes, present participle kerflummoxing, simple past and past participle kerflummoxed)

present singular third person kerflummoxes · participle present kerflummoxing · participle past kerflummoxed · past kerflummoxed

  1. informaltransitiveTo flummox; to perplex or baffle.
  2. archaicinformalintransitiveTo ponder or meditate.

    Disko Troop was smoking by the roof of the cabin—one eye on the craft around, and the other on the little fly at the main-mast-head. "When Dad kerflummoxes that way," said Dan in a whisper, "he's doin' some high-line thinkin' fer all hands. I'll lay my wage an' share we'll make berth soon. […]"

    1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Origin

From ker- + flummox.

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APA

kerflummox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kerflummox

MLA

“kerflummox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kerflummox. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kerflummox,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kerflummox.

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