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fool English

Meaning fool meaning

What does fool mean?
Definitions in simple English

fool Noun

— A fool is a person who does or thinks stupid things. I made a fool of myself by forgetting her birthday. Don't be a fool. You can't lift that. You'll hurt yourself. — A jester.

fool Verb

— If you fool someone, you make them believe something that is not true. I was fooled by an e-mail into opening a computer virus.

fool

— noun a person who lacks good judgment — noun (= chump) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of — verb make a fool or dupe of — noun (= jester) a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages — verb (= horse around) indulge in horseplay Enough horsing around--let's get back to work! The bored children were fooling about — verb (= dupe) fool or hoax The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone You can't fool me! — verb (= fritter, fritter away) spend frivolously and unwisely Fritter away one's inheritance

Synonyms fool synonyms

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fool English » English

idiot simpleton dolt trick blockhead deceive stupid cheat dupe moron stupid person dunce silly foolish ass tool jester hoax gull clown imbecile hoodwink dummy sucker swindle chump buffoon tomfool take in nitwit lunatic nincompoop mug dumb bonehead befool bamboozle oaf mystify mislead jerk dimwit defraud con nut ninny madman ignoramus idiocy half-wit

Topics fool topics

What do people use fool to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Mock
Social behavior Behavior Honest

Deceive
Language and thought Think Mind

Stupid
Language and thought Communication

Foolish talk

  • What words refer to a person who says foolish things?
    babbler fool
Social behavior Social activity

Humor
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Stubborn

Conjugation fool conjugation

How do you conjugate fool?

fool · verb

Examples fool examples

How do I use fool in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You must be a fool.
Fool!
I feel like a fool.
You can't fool me.
Tom made a fool of himself when he was drunk last night.
We tried to fool Tom.
Trump is making a fool of himself.
What a fool I was.
Do you take me for a fool?
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long.
Don't be a fool.
However, my father used to fool around with women a lot.
You can't fool me with a trick like that.
You don't have to tell me that, fool.
She must be a fool to say so.
You must be a fool to do such a thing.
He is no more a fool than you are.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
What a fool he is to leave school.
In a word, I think he's a fool.
I don't like being made a fool of.
Stop making a fool of yourself. Everyone is laughing at you.

Movie subtitles

You're a fool.
An amazing fool.
Do you think you can fool me?
Anyone who mentions about it will become a fool, whether that's the Magistrate or what-not.
Hell yeah, I know that fool.
I was a fool.
If you let this one get away, Crabtree, you're a damn fool!
Now to fool Papa!
Sit Down fool!
The Fool informed me otherwise.
Harold, the youngest Hichory, was born on April Fool's Day.
You still don't get it, do you, fool, that your own men sold us your artillery!
Look at it. Nobody could fool you on a sewer pipe, can they, a woman like you?
You fool, if they don't say anything, you'll hear 'em, won't you?
Can you believe that fool?
Fool. That could not be more illogical.
You sad fool. Because humans never forget what's most important to them.
Tell me, you old fool!
And this fool Salvago, after he cultivated on his land blooms of vice and poisonous plants of sin. he gives up the land and himself and you?
A fool you are!
A fool, a cripple!
Ungrateful fool!
I'd be a fool to be with another woman.
I'm a darn fool and wanna marry you.
Well, don't you fool yourself.
Do you think you can fool me as easily as you did the adjutant?
Fool! Fool!
Just like a fool.
Don't say such fool things!
You fool!
Don't play the fool, Hamacher.
You can't fool anybody about that very long.
You think I'm a fool?
And I don't mind telling you. If you listen to that dame you're the biggest fool that ever was.
His culture and sensitivity. so far above his milieu makes him look like a perfect fool.
What a fool I was.
This Nick the Barber's just a gambling fool.
I know it, you fool!
Don't stand there staring, you fool!

News and current affairs

I do know that the world cannot afford to rely again on America's press for its information: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
They are made from proteins similar to those that the body uses during healthy operations, which means that they are able to fool the body's tools into making more prions.
Even the history of the circus is focused on such a pairing: the vain, dignified White Clown and Augustus the Fool, the humble loser who is kicked in the pants by his stiff, pompous partner.
In the world circus, the poet looks like a Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance, and Augustus the Fool appears ill-equipped for everyday life.
In the socio-political arena, Augustus the Fool faces the Clown of Power.
How did China and France manage to fool the EU into thinking that it should ever take part in this?
No one is willing to buy assets and take on additional uncertainty, because everyone fears that somebody else knows more than they do - namely, that anyone would be a fool to buy.
While the obstacles are not yet sufficiently serious to derail the ongoing recovery, only a fool would gloss over them.
Bush has tried to scare America about the magnitude of the problem, and he has tried to fool America about how privatization would solve it.
But Obama is nobody's fool.
None of them can afford to fool around with economic nonsense in their trade policy.
It is a fool's game to try to predict changes in public sentiments. Nonetheless, good economic reasoning can help us to anticipate the economic turbulence ahead.
One year ago, the US tried to bully the world into supporting an unprovoked war, claiming that anybody who didn't believe in Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was either a fool or an accomplice of terrorists.
But the cost of such rigid rules may be high, and their effectiveness, as witnessed by the vagaries of the United States' record on human rights, is less fool-proof than is sometimes imagined.
A well-educated person seeking a career in government can be seen not only as a fool, but as corrupt as well-hardly inspirational!
The eurozone's politicians may learn the hard way that trying to fool markets is a dangerous strategy.
But Singh certainly did not fool any of the terrorists, some of whom may have read his self-congratulation as a challenge for them to act.
Jeff Aronson, a senior researcher at the Washington-based Foundation for Middle East Peace, concludes that Israeli leaders will continue to be able to fool their American counterparts on this issue.
It is a fool's game to try to predict changes in public sentiments.

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