tomfoolery

tom·fool·er·y

T0258100 (tŏm-fo͞o′lə-rē)n. pl. tom·fool·er·ies 1. Foolish behavior.2. Something trivial or foolish; nonsense.

tomfoolery

(ˌtɒmˈfuːlərɪ) n, pl -eries1. foolish behaviour2. utter nonsense; rubbish

tom•fool•er•y

(ˌtɒmˈfu lə ri)

n., pl. -er•ies. foolish or silly behavior.

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tomfoolery - foolish or senseless behavior foolery, lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgencefrolic, gambol, romp, caper, play - gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss - (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activitybuffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank, frivolity - acting like a clown or buffoon

tomfoolery

noun1. foolishness, messing around (informal), shenanigans, clowning, stupidity, larks (informal), fooling around (informal), silliness, idiocy, skylarking (informal), horseplay, buffoonery, childishness Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery?
foolishness seriousness, sobriety, solemnity, heaviness, sternness, demureness, sedateness2. nonsense, rot, tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), rubbish, pants (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bilge (informal), twaddle, baloney (informal), claptrap (informal), hogwash, poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), stuff and nonsense, hooey (slang), tommyrot, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) That sounds like post-modernist toomfoolery.

tomfoolery

noun1. Foolish behavior:absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, zaniness.Informal: craziness.2. Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts:devilry, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness.Informal: shenanigan (often used in plural).3. Something that does not have or make sense:balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, trash, twaddle.Informal: tommyrot.Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

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