foolnoun
uk/fuːl/us/fuːl/fool noun (PERSON)
B1 [ C ] a person who behaves in a silly way without thinking:
B2 to trick someone or make someone appear stupid in some way
B2 to do something that makes other people think you are silly or not to be respected:
anyone:
to not be stupid or easily deceived:
said to mean that you think someone is being unwise:
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- The man's a complete fool!
- Any fool can teach himself to type.
- You must think I'm a bloody fool.
- He's given me the keys to his car - the fool!
- I think it amuses him to see people make fools of themselves.
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- need your head examined idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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[ C ] in the past, a person who was employed in the court of a king or queen to make the court laugh by telling jokes and doing funny things
to behave in a silly way, often intentionally to make people laugh:
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Entertainers in general
- acrobat
- bullfight
- contortionist
- duo
- emcee
- escape artist
- escort
- geisha
- impresario
- impressionist
- jester
- joker
- matador
- mimic
- picador
- puppeteer
- roadshow
- showgirl
- snake charmer
- warm
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fool noun (SWEET DISH)
[ C or U ] UK a sweet, soft food made of crushed fruit, cream, and sugar:
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Puddings, desserts & ices
- baked Alaska
- baklava
- banana split
- banoffee pie
- blancmange
- Eton mess
- flan
- fruit salad
- granita
- ice cream
- plum pudding
- Popsicle
- pudding
- rice pudding
- sago
- tapioca
- tiramisù
- trifle
- water ice
- zabaglione
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foolverb
uk/fuːl/us/fuːl/B2 [ I or T ] to trick someone:
used to tell someone that you do not believe what they have just said:
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- Don't be fooled by his pleasant manner - he's pretty ruthless beneath that nice exterior.
- I'm not easily fooled.
- You can't fool me!
- She was fooled into handing over the money.
- He fooled a lot of people.
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- lead sb a (merry) dance idiom
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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Phrasal verb(s)
fooladjective [ before noun ]
uk/fuːl/us/fuːl/mainly US informalsilly:
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Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- certifiable
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- madcap
- slow
- wrongheaded
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