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fool
fool F0233900 (fo͞ol)n.1. One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.2. One who acts unwisely on a given occasion: I was a fool to have quit my job.3. One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe: They made a fool of me by pretending I had won.4. Informal A person with a talent or enthusiasm for a certain activity: a dancing fool; a fool for skiing.5. A member of a royal or noble household who provided entertainment, as with jokes or antics; a jester.6. One who subverts convention or orthodoxy or varies from social conformity in order to reveal spiritual or moral truth: a holy fool.7. A dessert made of stewed or puréed fruit mixed with cream or custard and served cold.8. Archaic A mentally deficient person; an idiot.v. fooled, fool·ing, fools v.tr.1. To deceive or trick; dupe: "trying to learn how to fool a trout with a little bit of floating fur and feather" (Charles Kuralt).2. To confound or prove wrong; surprise, especially pleasantly: We were sure they would fail, but they fooled us.v.intr.1. Informal a. To speak or act facetiously or in jest; joke: I was just fooling when I said I had to leave.b. To behave comically; clown.c. To feign; pretend: He said he had a toothache but he was only fooling.2. To engage in idle or frivolous activity.3. To toy, tinker, or mess: shouldn't fool with matches.adj. Informal Foolish; stupid: off on some fool errand or other.Phrasal Verbs: fool around Informal 1. To engage in idle or casual activity; putter: was fooling around with the old car in hopes of fixing it.2. To engage in frivolous activity; make fun.3. To engage in casual sexual activity.4. a. To have a sexual affair with someone who is not one's spouse or partner.b. To have many sexual affairs. fool away To waste (time or money) foolishly; squander: fooled away the week's pay on Friday night.Idiom: play/act the fool1. To act in an irresponsible or foolish manner.2. To behave in a playful or comical manner.
[Middle English fol, from Old French, from Late Latin follis, windbag, fool, from Latin follis, bellows; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]fool (fuːl) n1. a person who lacks sense or judgement2. a person who is made to appear ridiculous3. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a professional jester living in a royal or noble household4. obsolete an idiot or imbecile: the village fool. 5. form the fool Caribbean to play the fool or behave irritatingly6. no fool a wise or sensible person7. play the fool act the fool to deliberately act foolishly; indulge in buffooneryvb8. (tr) to deceive (someone), esp in order to make him or her look ridiculous9. (intr; foll by with, around with, or about with) informal to act or play (with) irresponsibly or aimlessly: to fool around with a woman. 10. (intr) to speak or act in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner11. (foll by: away) to squander; fritter: he fooled away a fortune. 12. fool along US to move or proceed in a leisurely wayadjinformal short for foolish[C13: from Old French fol mad person, from Late Latin follis empty-headed fellow, from Latin: bellows; related to Latin flāre to blow]
fool (fuːl) n (Cookery) chiefly Brit a dessert made from a purée of fruit with cream or custard: gooseberry fool. [C16: perhaps from fool1]fool1 (ful)
n. 1. a silly or stupid person. 2. a professional jester, formerly kept by a person of rank for amusement: the court fool. 3. a person who has been tricked or deceived into appearing silly or stupid: to make a fool of someone. 4. an ardent enthusiast who cannot resist an opportunity to indulge an enthusiasm (usu. prec. by a present participle): a dancing fool. v.t. 5. to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool us. v.i. 6. to act like a fool; joke; play. 7. to jest; pretend; make believe: I was only fooling. 8. fool around, a. to putter aimlessly; waste time. b. to trifle or flirt. c. to be sexually promiscuous; engage casually in sexual activity. 9. fool away, to squander foolishly, as time or money. 10. fool with, to handle or play with idly or carelessly. Idioms: act or play the fool, to engage in silly or stupid behavior. [1225–75; Middle English fol, fool < Old French fol < Latin follis bellows, bag] fool2 (ful)
n. an English dessert of crushed, cooked fruit mixed with cream or custard and served cold: gooseberry fool. [1590–1600] fool
Past participle: fooled
Gerund: fooling
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| I fool | | you fool | | he/she/it fools | | we fool | | you fool | | they fool |
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| I fooled | | you fooled | | he/she/it fooled | | we fooled | | you fooled | | they fooled |
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| I am fooling | | you are fooling | | he/she/it is fooling | | we are fooling | | you are fooling | | they are fooling |
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| I have fooled | | you have fooled | | he/she/it has fooled | | we have fooled | | you have fooled | | they have fooled |
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| I was fooling | | you were fooling | | he/she/it was fooling | | we were fooling | | you were fooling | | they were fooling |
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| I had fooled | | you had fooled | | he/she/it had fooled | | we had fooled | | you had fooled | | they had fooled |
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| I will fool | | you will fool | | he/she/it will fool | | we will fool | | you will fool | | they will fool |
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| I will have fooled | | you will have fooled | | he/she/it will have fooled | | we will have fooled | | you will have fooled | | they will have fooled |
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| I will be fooling | | you will be fooling | | he/she/it will be fooling | | we will be fooling | | you will be fooling | | they will be fooling |
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| I have been fooling | | you have been fooling | | he/she/it has been fooling | | we have been fooling | | you have been fooling | | they have been fooling |
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| I will have been fooling | | you will have been fooling | | he/she/it will have been fooling | | we will have been fooling | | you will have been fooling | | they will have been fooling |
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| I had been fooling | | you had been fooling | | he/she/it had been fooling | | we had been fooling | | you had been fooling | | they had been fooling |
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| I would fool | | you would fool | | he/she/it would fool | | we would fool | | you would fool | | they would fool |
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| I would have fooled | | you would have fooled | | he/she/it would have fooled | | we would have fooled | | you would have fooled | | they would have fooled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fool - a person who lacks good judgment muggins, saphead, tomfool, sapass - a pompous foolbuffoon, clown - a rude or vulgar foolflibbertigibbet, foolish woman - a female foolfucker - a stupid despised manbozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany, goose - a man who is a stupid incompetent foolmeshuggeneh, meshuggener - (Yiddish) a crazy foolmorosoph - a learned foolputz - (Yiddish) a fool; an idiotsimpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sensewally - a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid | | 2. |  fool - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage ofchump, fall guy, gull, patsy, soft touch, sucker, mug, markdupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled | | 3. |  fool - a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Agesjester, motley foolmerry andrew, buffoon, clown, goof, goofball - a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | | Verb | 1. | fool - make a fool or dupe ofbefool, gullcozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with | | 2. | fool - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, dissipate, shootware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" | | 3. |  fool - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, gull, befool, put onkid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?"deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" | | 4. |  fool - indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"fool around, horse around, arse aroundjest, joke - tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"play - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl" |
foolnoun1. simpleton, idiot, mug (Brit. slang), berk (Brit. slang), charlie (Brit. informal), silly, goose (informal), dope (informal), jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), dummy (slang), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), clot (Brit. informal), plank (Brit. slang), sap (slang), prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), illiterate, prat (slang), plonker (slang), coot, moron, nit (informal), git (Brit. slang), geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), bonehead (slang), chump (informal), dunce, imbecile (informal), loon, clod, cretin, oaf, bozo (U.S. slang), dullard, dimwit (informal), ignoramus, dumbo (slang), jackass, dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, blockhead, ninny, divvy (Brit. slang), bird-brain (informal), pillock (Brit. slang), halfwit, nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), weenie (U.S. informal), schlep (U.S. slang), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), pea-brain (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), dunderhead, numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), lamebrain (informal), fuckwit (taboo slang), mooncalf, thickhead, clodpate (archaic), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull, twerp or twirp (informal) He'd been a fool to get involved with her.
simpleton expert, master, genius, scholar, sage, boffin (Brit. informal), wise man, rocket scientist (informal, chiefly U.S.), savant, fundi (S. African)2. dupe, butt, mug (Brit. slang), sucker (slang), gull (archaic), stooge (slang), laughing stock, pushover (informal), fall guy (informal), chump (informal), greenhorn (informal), easy mark (informal) He feels she has made a fool of him.3. jester, comic, clown, harlequin, motley, buffoon, pierrot, court jester, punchinello, joculator or (fem.) joculatrix, merry-andrew Every good court has its resident fool.verb1. deceive, cheat, mislead, delude, kid (informal), trick, take in, con (informal), stiff (slang), have (someone) on, bluff, hoax, dupe, beguile, gull (archaic), swindle, make a fool of, bamboozle, hoodwink, take for a ride (informal), put one over on (informal), play a trick on, pull a fast one on (informal) Art dealers fool a lot of people.act or play the fool mess about, show off (informal), clown, play (silly) games, be silly, frolic, cavort, act up, lark about (informal), piss about (taboo slang), piss around (taboo slang), act the goat, cut capers, play the goat He likes to act the fool.fool around or about1. mess about, sleep around (informal), womanize (informal), philander, flirt, court, toy, trifle, mess about, mess around, dally, coquet Her husband was fooling around.2. (Informal) mess about, hang around, idle, waste time, lark, play about, dawdle, kill time, fool about, play the fool, act the fool, footle (informal) Stop fooling about.fool around with something (Informal) play around with, play with, tamper with, toy with, mess around with, meddle with, trifle with, fiddle around with (informal), monkey around with, piss about with (taboo slang), piss around with (taboo slang) He was fooling around with his cot, and he fell out of bed.Quotations
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" [Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism]
"A fool and his words are soon parted" [William Shenstone Works]
"A fool uttereth all his mind" Bible: Proverbs
"I am two fools, I know,"
"For loving, and for saying so"
"In whining poetry" [John Donne Songs and Sonnets]
"Who loves not woman, wine and song"
"Remains a fool his whole life long" [attributed to Martin Luther]
"Be wise with speed;"
"A fool at forty is a fool indeed" [Edward Young The Love of Fame]
"There's a sucker born every minute" [Phineas T. Barnum]
"You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time" [attributed to both Phineas T. Barnum and Abraham Lincoln]
"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees" [William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]
"A knowledgeable fool is a greater fool than an ignorant fool" [Molière Les Femmes Savantes]Proverbs
"A fool and his money are soon parted"
"There's no fool like an old fool"
"Fools build houses and wise men live in them"
"A fool may give a wise man counsel"foolnoun1. One deficient in judgment and good sense:ass, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool.Informal: dope, gander, goose.Slang: cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey.2. A person who is easily deceived or victimized:butt, dupe, gull, lamb, pushover, victim.Informal: sucker.Slang: fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap.Chiefly British: mug.verb1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick.Informal: bamboozle, have.Slang: four-flush.Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.2. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity:doodle, putter.Informal: fool around, mess around.3. To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively:fiddle, meddle, mess, tamper, tinker.Informal: monkey.4. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion:fiddle, fidget, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, trifle, twiddle.phrasal verb
fool around1. Informal. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity:doodle, fool, putter.Informal: mess around.2. Informal. To make jokes; behave playfully:jest, joke.Informal: clown (around), fun.3. Informal. To engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior:Informal: neck, pet, spoon.Slang: make out.4. Informal. To be sexually unfaithful to another:philander, womanize.Informal: cheat, mess around, play around.phrasal verb
fool awayTo spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:consume, dissipate, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste.Slang: blow.Translationsfool (fuːl) noun a person without sense or intelligence. He is such a fool he never knows what to do. 傻子 傻子 verb1. to deceive. She completely fooled me with her story. 愚弄 愚弄2. (often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully. Stop fooling about! 瞎弄 瞎弄ˈfoolish adjective1. having no sense. He is a foolish young man. 愚蠢的 愚蠢的2. ridiculous. He looked very foolish. 可笑的 可笑的ˈfoolishly adverb 愚蠢地 愚蠢地ˈfoolishness noun 愚蠢 愚蠢ˈfoolhardy adjective taking foolish risks; rash. He made a foolhardy attempt to climb the mountain in winter. 莽撞的 莽撞的ˈfoolhardiness noun 莽撞 莽撞ˈfoolproof adjective unable to go wrong. His new plan seems completely foolproof. 十分簡單明瞭的 十分简单明了的，万无一失的 make a fool of to make (someone) appear ridiculous or stupid. He made a real fool of her by promising to marry her and then leaving her when he had spent all her money. 愚弄 愚弄make a fool of oneself to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid. She made a fool of herself at the party. 鬧笑話 闹笑话play the fool to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people. He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom. 裝傻 装傻相，逗人笑 Fool
See:- (there's) no fool like an old fool
- (you) could have fooled me
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- a fool may give a wise man counsel
- a fool's errand
- a fool's paradise
- a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
- act the fool
- act/play the fool
- any fool can/could...
- any fool could (do something)
- any fool thing
- as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
- be living in a fool's paradise
- be no fool
- be no/nobody's fool
- Children and fools tell the truth
- could have fooled me
- every fool thing
- Experience is the teacher of fools
- flannelled fool
- fool (one or oneself) into (something)
- fool and his money are soon parted
- fool and his money are soon parted, a
- fool around
- fool around with (someone or something)
- fool away
- fool into
- Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
- Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
- fool with
- fool with (someone or something)
- fools build houses and wise men live in them
- fool's errand
- fool's gold
- fool's paradise
- fool's paradise, a
- fools rush in
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- live in a fool's paradise
- make a fool (out) of (someone or oneself)
- make a fool of
- make a fool of somebody/yourself
- More fool
- more fool (one)
- more fool you, them, etc.
- no fool like an old fool
- no fool like an old fool, there's
- no one's fool
- nobody's fool
- not suffer fools (gladly)
- not suffer fools gladly
- on a fool's errand
- only fools and horses work
- play (one) for a fool
- play for a fool
- play someone for a fool
- play the fool
- suffer fools gladly, does not
- take (one) for a fool
- take (one) for an idiot
- take for an idiot and take for a fool
- there's no fool like an old fool
- you could have fooled me
- you could have fooled me!
fool
fool or court jester, a person who entertains with buffoonery and an often caustic wit. In all countries from ancient times and extending into the 18th cent., mental and physical deformity provided amusement. Attached to noble and royal courts were dwarfs, cripples, idiots, albinos, and freaks. The medieval court fool was seldom mentally deficient. For the freedom to indulge in satire, tricks, and repartee, many men of keen insight and caustic wit obtained powerful patronage by assuming the role of fool. This role was played in the courts of the East, in ancient Greece and Rome, and in the court of Montezuma. The clownclown,
a comic character usually distinguished by garish makeup and costume whose antics are both humorously clumsy and acrobatic. The clown employs a broad, physical style of humor that is wordless or not as self-consciously verbal as the traditional fool or jester.
..... Click the link for more information. or jester was common in Elizabethan drama (e.g., the Fool in King Lear), and by donning the fool's garb the actor gained the freedom of the fool. His costume, which was hung with bells, usually consisted of a varicolored coat, tight breeches with legs of different colors—occasionally a long petticoat was worn—and a bauble (mock scepter) and a cap which fitted close to the head or fell over the shoulders in the form of asses' ears. Till Eulenspiegel and Robin Goodfellow are mythical fools. Bibliography See B. Swain, Fools and Folly (1932); E. Welsford, The Fool (1936, repr. 1961); S. Billington, A Social History of the Fool (1984). fool (formerly) a professional jester living in a royal or noble household FOOLFool's Lisp. A small Scheme interpreter.
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fool
Synonyms for foolnoun one deficient in judgment and good senseSynonyms- ass
- idiot
- imbecile
- jackass
- mooncalf
- moron
- nincompoop
- ninny
- nitwit
- simple
- simpleton
- softhead
- tomfool
- dope
- gander
- goose
- cretin
- ding-dong
- dip
- goof
- jerk
- nerd
- schmo
- schmuck
- turkey
noun a person who is easily deceived or victimizedSynonyms- butt
- dupe
- gull
- lamb
- pushover
- victim
- sucker
- fall guy
- gudgeon
- mark
- monkey
- patsy
- pigeon
- sap
- mug
verb to cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentationSynonyms- beguile
- betray
- bluff
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- double-cross
- dupe
- hoodwink
- humbug
- mislead
- take in
- trick
- bamboozle
- have
- four-flush
verb to waste time by engaging in aimless activitySynonyms- doodle
- putter
- fool around
- mess around
verb to handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructivelySynonyms- fiddle
- meddle
- mess
- tamper
- tinker
- monkey
verb to move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashionSynonyms- fiddle
- fidget
- monkey
- play
- putter
- tinker
- toy
- trifle
- twiddle
phrase fool around: to waste time by engaging in aimless activitySynonyms- doodle
- fool
- putter
- mess around
phrase fool around: to make jokes; behave playfullySynonymsphrase fool around: to engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behaviorSynonymsphrase fool around: to be sexually unfaithful to anotherSynonyms- philander
- womanize
- cheat
- mess around
- play around
phrase fool away: to spend (money) excessively and usually foolishlySynonyms- consume
- dissipate
- fritter away
- riot away
- squander
- throw away
- trifle away
- waste
- blow
Synonyms for foolnoun a person who lacks good judgmentSynonymsRelated Words- ass
- buffoon
- clown
- flibbertigibbet
- foolish woman
- fucker
- bozo
- cuckoo
- fathead
- goof
- goofball
- jackass
- twat
- zany
- goose
- meshuggeneh
- meshuggener
- morosoph
- putz
- simpleton
- simple
- wally
noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage ofSynonyms- chump
- fall guy
- gull
- patsy
- soft touch
- sucker
- mug
- mark
Related Wordsnoun a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle AgesSynonymsRelated Words- merry andrew
- buffoon
- clown
- goof
- goofball
verb make a fool or dupe ofSynonymsRelated Words- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- lead on
verb spend frivolously and unwiselySynonyms- fool away
- fritter
- fritter away
- frivol away
- dissipate
- shoot
Related Wordsverb fool or hoaxSynonyms- cod
- dupe
- put one across
- put one over
- slang
- take in
- gull
- befool
- put on
Related Words- kid
- pull the leg of
- deceive
- lead astray
- betray
verb indulge in horseplaySynonyms- fool around
- horse around
- arse around
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