 fool |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a person who lacks good judgment | |
| Synonyms: | saphead muggins tomfool sap | |
| Related terms: | simpleton fathead clown ass meshuggener fucker flibbertigibbet wally morosoph putz gull | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | |
| Synonyms: | sucker fish chump schlemiel patsy mark fall_guy shlemiel soft_touch mug gull | |
| Related terms: | victim absorb gull | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make a fool or dupe of | |
| Synonyms: | gull befool dupe | |
| Related terms: | deceive chump | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (informal) having or revealing stupidity | |
| Synonyms: | dopy dopey foolish goosey goosy gooselike anserine | |
| Examples: | "ridiculous anserine behavior" "a dopey answer" "a dopey kid" "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism stupid | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (medieval,performing arts) a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages | |
| Synonyms: | motley_fool jester | |
| Related terms: | clown horse_around | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going" | |
| Synonyms: | silly wacky sappy cockamamy goofy zany unreasonable cockamamie | |
| Examples: | "wore a goofy hat" "a silly idea" "some wacky plan for selling more books" |
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| Related terms: | foolish | |
| 7. | [ verb ] fool or hoax | |
| Synonyms: | take_in gull dupe put_one_over cod befool put_on put_one_across slang | |
| Examples: | "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone" "You can't fool me!" |
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| Related terms: | deceive pull_the_leg_of chump victim fraud take-in | |
| 8. | [ verb ] spend frivolously and unwisely | |
| Synonyms: | dissipate fritter frivol_away fritter_away fool_away shoot | |
| Examples: | "Fritter away one's inheritance" |
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| Related terms: | consume consume | |
| 9. | [ verb ] indulge in horseplay | |
| Synonyms: | fool_around arse_around horse_around | |
| Examples: | "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!" "The bored children were fooling about" |
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| Related terms: | play joke | |
| Similar spelling: |
fowl foul foil foal Fowle folly folio folie Foley foully follow |
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