Definitions for fool

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IPA: /ful/

Fool is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in fool (floo).

Definitions for fool

noun

1. a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
2. a professional jester, formerly kept by a person of royal or noble rank for amusement:
3. a person who has been tricked or deceived into appearing or acting silly or stupid:
4. an ardent enthusiast who cannot resist an opportunity to indulge an enthusiasm (usually preceded by a present participle):
5. a weak-minded or idiotic person.
6. a dish made of fruit, scalded or stewed, crushed and mixed with cream or the like:

Idioms

1. be nobody's fool, to be wise or shrewd.

Verb phrases

1. fool around, to putter aimlessly; waste time: to philander or flirt. to be sexually promiscuous, especially to engage in adultery.
2. fool away, to spend foolishly, as time or money; squander:
3. fool with, to handle or play with idly or carelessly:

verb (used with object)

1. to trick, deceive, or impose on:

verb (used without object)

1. to act like a fool; joke; play.
2. to jest; pretend; make believe:

Origin of fool

1225-75; Middle English fol, fool Old French fol Latin follis bellows, bag; cf. follis

Examples for fool

"Don't be a fool, Buck," said Jasper, glancing over his shoulder.

And also probably because this fool stopped at a red light in the middle of an intersection.

Then nothing happens again and you fool around and fool around and – Wow!

My exact words were to allow ‘any fool in the world with Internet access’ to freely modify any page on the site.

This might not fool a knowledgeable whiskey drinker, but how many of those desperate for Pappy are knowledgeable whiskey drinkers?

He had been made a fool of, and would stand that from nobody.

Its visor grinned at him--the fool, the tricked, the supplanted.

I'm forty-two and not so much of a fool that I ain't a little bit of a physician.

HPV is so transient because no form of safe sex is fool proof.

You've made me your butt, your fool, your doer of trivial offices.