flummox
verb/ˈflʌməks/
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.2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC:
2
Uncommon To give in, to give up, to collapse.
- Derived terms
- flummoxable, flummoxed, flummoxer, flummoxery, flummoxing, flummoxy