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foofaraw

fool


Definition: Meaning of, fool in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fuːl /

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fool fools
  1. stupid person [countable] a stupid person or someone who has done something stupid [=  idiot]
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  2. make a fool of yourself to do something stupid that you feel embarrassed about afterwards and that makes you seem silly
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  3. make a fool of somebody to deliberately do something to make someone else seem stupid
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  4. any fool can do something spoken used to say that it is very easy to do something or to see that something is true
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  5. be no/nobody's fool to be difficult to trick or deceive, because you have a lot of experience and knowledge about something
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  6. gooseberry/strawberry etc fool British English a sweet food made of soft cooked fruit mixed with cream
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  7. more fool you/him etc British English spoken used to say that you think someone was stupid to do something, and it is their own fault if this causes trouble
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  8. not suffer fools gladly if you say that someone doesn't suffer fools gladly, they do not have any patience with people who they think are stupid
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  9. be living in a fool's paradise to feel happy and satisfied, and believe there are no problems, when in fact this is not true
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  10. play/act the fool to behave in a silly way, especially in order to make people laugh
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  11. (send somebody on) a fool's errand to make someone go somewhere or do something for no good reason
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  12. fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) used to say that people are stupid if they do something immediately without thinking about it first
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  13. a fool and his money are soon parted used to say that stupid people spend money quickly without thinking about it
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  14. entertainer [countable] a man whose job was to entertain a king or other powerful person in the past, by doing tricks, singing funny songs etc [=  jester]
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
fool fooled fooled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
fooling fools
  1. [transitive] to trick someone into believing something that is not true
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  2. fool yourself to try to make yourself believe something that you know is not really true
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  3. you could have fooled me spoken used to show that you do not believe what someone has told you
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  4. somebody is just fooling spoken used to say that someone is not serious and is only pretending that something is true [=  somebody is just kidding]
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[only before noun] [American English] [informal]
  1. silly or stupid [=  foolish]
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fool used in phrases

  • April fool (noun)
    1. someone who is tricked on April Fools' Day, or the trick that is played on them
  • blooming-fool begonia (noun)
    1. hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers
  • damn-fool (adjective)
    1. very stupid
  • fool away (verb)
    1. spend frivolously and unwisely
  • fool's cap (noun)
    1. a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
  • fool's errand (noun)
    1. a fruitless mission
  • fool's gold (noun)
    1. a kind of yellow metal that exists in some rocks and looks like gold
    2. something that you think will be very exciting, very attractive etc but in fact is not
  • fool's huckleberry (noun)
    1. straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers
  • fool's paradise (noun)
    1. an illusory state of wellbeing
  • fool's parsley (noun)
    1. european weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
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fool used in phrasal verbs

  • fool around (phrasal verb)
    1. to behave in a silly way for fun
    2. to have a sexual relationship with someone who is not your usual partner
  • fool around with (phrasal verb)
    1. fool (around) with something to handle or use something in a stupid or careless way
  • fool with (phrasal verb)
    1. fool with someone/something mainly American English to become involved with someone or something that is dangerous
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