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Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The speech or actions of one who fools or banters another; jesting; banter; levity; frivolity; nonsense.
- noun Ridiculous or absurd behavior; foolery; idle, aimless, or meddlesome action.
- noun Playful actions; play; sport.
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- verb Present participle of
fool .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
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Examples
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Have succeeded in fooling the American sheeple with lies and distortions.
Blue Dog: 'Excellent idea' to start over on health care reform 2009
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I wonder it this is just something he felt he had to do because Jenny was no longer interested in fooling around.
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However it does the job right in fooling your guests – at least for the first time.
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She could not remember the little dog's name, so she boldly gave him the first name that came entered her head, "JoJo," and succeeded in fooling the officer.
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She could not remember the little dog's name, so she boldly gave him the first name that came entered her head, "JoJo," and succeeded in fooling the officer.
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Have succeeded in fooling the American sheeple with lies and distortions.
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Muniz is often hailed as a master illusionist, but he says he's not interested in fooling people.
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To me, this says that hillary has only succeeded in fooling the dummies. robert e lowe
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Stuff like this, if it succeeds in fooling voters, fairly seriously pollutes the information environment by trying to steal the credibility of the news media and use it to present a biased, exaggerated set of facts.
Hillary running fake news reports on radio in Ohio to trick voters 2008
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Muniz is often hailed as a master illusionist, but he says he's not interested in fooling people.
Vik Muniz Red 2008
Related Words
synonyms (144)
Words with the same meaning
- badinage
- bamboozlement
- banter
- bantering
- befooling
- bluffing
- booing
- buffoonery
- calculated deception
- catcalling
- chaff
- chaffing
- circumvention
- clownishness
- conning
- coquetry
- dabbling
- dalliance
- dallying
- deceiving
- deception
- deceptiveness
- defrauding
- delusion
- delusiveness
- derision
- derisive
- derisory
- dupery
- enmeshment
- ensnarement
- entanglement
- entrapment
- exchange
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- falseness
- fiddling
- fleering
- flimflam
- flimflammery
- flippancy
- flippant
- flirtation
- fond illusion
- foolery
- fooling around
- give-and-take
- good-natured banter
- grinning
- hallucination
- harlequinade
- harmless teasing
- hazing
- high jinks
- hissing
- hoodwinking
- hooting
- horseplay
- idling
- illusion
- jape
- jeering
- jerking off
- jest
- jesting
- jive
- joke
- joking
- jollying
- josh
- joshing
- kidding
- kidding around
- leering
- levity
- loitering
- messing around
- mirage
- mockery
- mocking
- monkeying
- monkeying around
- monkeyshines
- outwitting
- overreaching
- panning
- persiflage
- phantasm
- piddling
- playing
- playing around
- pleasantry
- pottering
- puttering
- putting on
- quizzical
- ragging
- railing
- raillery
- rallying
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridicule
- ridiculing
- roasting
- roughhouse
- rowdiness
- scoffing
- self-deception
- shenanigans
- skylarking
- smart
- smart-aleckiness
- smart-alecky
- smart-ass
- smartness
- smattering
- smirking
- sneering
- snickering
- sniggering
- snorting
- snow job
- song and dance
- spoofery
- spoofing
- sport
- subterfuge
- swindling
- taunting
- teasing
- tinkering
- tomfoolery
- toying
- trickiness
- tricking
- trifling
- twit
- twitting
- victimization
- vision
- willful misconception
- wishful thinking
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