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Showing words for BOONDOGGLE using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Boondoggle

boondoggle

7 Letter Words for Boondoggle

blogged, bodegon, boggled, bonedog, doggone, googled

6 Letter Words for Boondoggle

belong, blonde, bogged, boggle, bogled, bogong, bolden, bonged, boodle, doblon, doggle, dogleg, dongle, engold, gelong, globed, golden, gonged, google, googol, goolde, legong, logged, longed, nobled, nogged, noodge, noodle, oblong, oogone, oolong

5 Letter Words for Boondoggle

bedog, begod, blend, blond, blood, boden, bodge, bodle, bogle, boldo, boled, boned, bongo, booed, boole, boone, boong, deloo, doggo, doole, elong, globe, glode, glood, goold, lobed, loden, lodge, logon, longe, nobel, noble, obole, odeon, ogled, olden

4 Letter Words for Boondoggle

bdle, bego, beld, bend, beng, beno, bldg, bled, bleo, blog, bode, bogo, bold, bole, bolo, bond, bone, bong, bono, bood, bool, boon, dobe, dobl, doen, doge, dole, done, dong, doob, dool, doon, ebon, egol, elod, endo, engl, enol, geld, genl, geod, geog, geol, gled, gleg, glen, glob, glod, gobo, gode, goel, goen, gogo, gold, gole, gond, gone, gong, good, goog, gool, goon, lend, leng, leno, leon, lndg, lobe, lobo, lode, loed, loge, logo, lond, lone, long, loob, lood, loon, nebo, node, noel, nogg, nold, nole, nolo, oboe, obol, odel, ogle, oleo

3 Letter Words for Boondoggle

bde, bdl, bed, beg, bel, ben, bld, blo, bod, boe, bog, bol, bon, boo, dbl, deb, deg, del, den, dle, dob, doe, dog, dol, don, doo, ebn, edo, egg, ego, elb, eld, end, eng, enl, eon, geb, ged, gel, gen, geo, glb, gld, gob, god, gog, gol, gon, goo, ldg, led, leg, leo, lob, lod, loe, log, loo, nbe, nbg, neb, ned, neg, neo, nob, nod, nog, nol, noo, obe, obl, obo, ode, old, ole, one, ono, oon

Definitions for Boondoggle

[1] a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
[2] work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
[3] a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.
[4] to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme.
[5] to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy.
[6] (intr) to do futile and unnecessary work
[7] a futile and unnecessary project or work

Words related to Boondoggle

falsehood, fraud, trickery, duplicity, hypocrisy, betrayal, untruth, deceit, mendacity, treachery, lying, disinformation, cheat, double-dealing, imposition, trickiness, prevarication, dirt, insincerity, sophism

Words nearby Boondoggle

boomslang, boomy, boon, boondocker, boondocks, boondoggle, boone, boone, daniel, booner, boong, boonga

Origin of Boondoggle

1930–35, Americanism ; said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster, as name for def 1

Other words from Boondoggle

boon·dog·gler , noun

Word origin for Boondoggle

C20: said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster

Synonyms for Boondoggle

betrayal, deceit, disinformation, duplicity, falsehood, fraud, hypocrisy, lying, mendacity, treachery, trickery, untruth, beguilement, blarney, cheat, circumvention, cozenage, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dirt, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, equivocation, flimflam, fraudulence, guile, hokum, imposition, insincerity, juggling, legerdemain, pretense, prevarication, sophism, treason, trickiness, trumpery, defraudation, fast one, snow job