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ENGLISH: fool - CREOLE: enbesil

Overview of noun fool

The noun fool has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (25) fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool -- (a person who lacks good judgment)

2. (10) chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug -- (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)

3. (1) jester, fool, motley fool -- (a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages)

Overview of verb fool

The verb fool has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (6) fool, gull, befool -- (make a fool or dupe of)

2. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away -- (spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance")

3. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across -- (fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!")

4. horse around, arse around, fool around, fool -- (indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about")