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Noun: fool fool- A person who lacks good judgment
- sap, muggins [Brit], tomfool, jughead [N. Amer], meathead, moegoe [S.Africa], boofhead [Austral], juggins [Brit], galah [Austral], drongo [Austral, NZ], charlie [Brit], mampara [S.Africa] - A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- chump, gull, mark [US], patsy [N. Amer], fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug - A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
- jester, motley fool Verb: fool fool- Make a fool or dupe of
- gull, befool [archaic] - Spend frivolously and unwisely
- fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool away - Fool or hoax
"You can't fool me!" - gull, dupe, slang, befool [archaic], cod, put on, take in, put one over, put one across - Indulge in horseplay
"The bored children were fooling about" - horse around, arse around [Brit, Cdn], fool around, arse about [Brit]
Derived forms: fooled, fools, fooling See also: foolery Type of: betray, buffoon, clown, consume, cozen, deceive, delude, droll [archaic], dupe, goof, goofball [N. Amer], jest, joke, lead astray, lead on, merry andrew [archaic], play, simple, simpleton, squander, victim, ware, waste Encyclopedia: Fool Fool, The Stage Spirit |