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US
/fɫəˈmɔks/
]
[ UK /flˈʌmɒks/ ]
[ UK /flˈʌmɒks/ ]
VERB
-
be a mystery or bewildering to
Got me--I don't know the answer!
This beats me!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me
How To Use flummox In A Sentence
- It all added up to a marital mystery that had even the nosiest internet scandal merchants flummoxed. Times, Sunday Times
- Flummoxed by the question, she pressed him to explain.
- Personally, I have been existentially flummoxed by those questions ever since my high school days in the late 70s, when I was "complimented" on my "white girl legs" and vilified for having "no ass". Alice Singleton: But Mr. Nivea, What if I Don't Have a Big Booty?: Well Kid, That's the (Moisturizing) Rub...
- Civic officials are flummoxed as there is a ban on killing stray dogs.
- But the latest poster campaign to hit the streets of Witham has flummoxed residents.
- I have lived here for years and I still find myself utterly flummoxed by it on a regular basis. Times, Sunday Times
- I'm absolutely flummoxed by that question. Times, Sunday Times
- According to the mag, a castmember from the past is making a return to the show … a return that is likely to flummox quite a few viewers, I think: Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » You’ll Never Guess Whos Returning To ‘Dexter’
- Only fans of the series will know why, others will be flummoxed.
- The perpetrators likely had ties to organized crime, according to Ulrich Boser, author of "The Gardner Heist," who says most art thieves are common crooks -- the class of criminal who would probably be flummoxed by Washington's high-profile museums, which are fortresslike and ringed by bollards. Heist-proof museums? U.S. buildings aided by design, location