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| NOUN | 1 | fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool | A person who lacks good judgment |
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| 2 | fool, chump, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug | A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | |
| 3 | fool, jester, motley fool | A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages | |
| VERB | 1 | fool, gull, befool | Make a fool or dupe of |
| 2 | fool, fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool away | Spend frivolously and unwisely | |
| 3 | fool, gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, put on, take in, put one over, put one across | Fool or hoax | |
| 4 | fool, horse around, arse around, fool around | Indulge in horseplay |
| Sounds | fuw'l |
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| Rhymes | Blackpool, Boole, boule, and 43 more rhymes in uwl... |
| Meaning | A person who lacks good judgment. |
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| Synonyms | sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool |
| Broader | simpleton, simple |
| Narrower | ass; clown, buffoon; flibbertigibbet, foolish woman; fucker; fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany; meshuggeneh, meshuggener; morosoph; putz; Wally |
| Verbs | fool; fool |
| Meaning | A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. |
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| Synonyms | chump, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug |
| Broader | victim, dupe |
| Verbs | fool; fool |
| Meaning | A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages. |
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| Synonyms | jester, motley fool |
| Broader | clown, buffoon, merry andrew |
| Verbs | fool |
| Meaning | Make a fool or dupe of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | gull, befool |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen |
| Nouns | fool; fool |
| Meaning | Spend frivolously and unwisely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool away |
| Broader | consume, squander, waste, ware |
| Entails | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out |
| Meaning | Fool or hoax. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "You can't fool me!" |
| Synonyms | gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, put on, take in, put one over, put one across |
| Broader | deceive, betray, lead astray |
| Narrower | pull the leg of, kid |
| Nouns | fool; fool |
| Meaning | Indulge in horseplay. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The bored children were fooling about" |
| Synonyms | horse around, arse around, fool around |
| Broader | joke, jest; play |
| Nouns | fool; foolery |
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