fool

fool
01. Stop acting like a [fool], and take that toilet seat off your head.
02. My kids [fooled] me into thinking that they had broken the computer, but of course it wasn't true.
03. He is such a [fool]; I can't believe he really thought you would believe him!
04. I felt so [foolish] when I forgot my boss' name at the meeting.
05. Einstein once said that before God we are all equally wise - and equally [foolish].
06. Robert Frost said that a mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a [fool] of him in twenty minutes.
07. Someone once said that a cigarette is a pinch of tobacco wrapped in paper with a fire at one end, and a [fool] at the other.
08. Napoleon once said that impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of [fools].
09. There is an Icelandic proverb which states that useless wisdom is double [foolishness].
10. There is an old expression which observes that you can [fool] some of the people some of the time, but you can't [fool] all the people all of the time.
11. Voltaire considered Shakespeare's works so bad that he referred to the great writer as "that drunken [fool]."
12. Someone once joked, "When a man asks you what you think of him, [fool] him, and give him your honest opinion."
13. He was all dressed up in fancy clothes, trying to look cool, but he just looked like a [fool] to me.
14. You kids need to stop [fooling] around, and do your homework!
15. Passing a car on a curving road is not only [foolish], but extremely dangerous.
16. He [foolishly] tried to drive home from the pub, thinking he could bluff his way through the police roadblock.

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  • Fool — Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fool — Ⅰ. fool [1] ► NOUN 1) a person who acts unwisely. 2) historical a jester or clown. ► VERB 1) trick or deceive. 2) (fool about/around) act in a joking or frivolous way. 3) …   English terms dictionary

  • fool — fool1 [fo͞ol] n. [ME fol < OFr (Fr fou) < LL follis < L, windbag, bellows: see FOLLICLE] 1. a) a person with little or no judgment, common sense, wisdom, etc.; silly or stupid person; simpleton b) Obs. a mentally retarded person 2. a man …   English World dictionary

  • Fool — steht für: Fool (Süßspeise) April Fool, ein Segelboot The Fool, eine Designergruppe Fool (Roman), Roman von Christopher Moore FOOL steht für: Flughafen Libreville Leon M ba in Gabun (ICAO Code) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fool — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fool Single por Shakira Lanzado 2003 Grabado 2001 Género Rock Duración …   Wikipedia Español

  • Fool — Fool, v. t. 1. To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak. [1913 Webster] For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fool — fool, idiot, imbecile, moron, simpleton, natural are often used popularly and interchangeably of one regarded as lacking sense or good judgment but each can be more precisely applied to someone mentally deficient in a given degree. Fool, the most …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Fool — Fool, n. [Cf. F. fouler to tread, crush. Cf. 1st {Foil}.] A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; commonly called gooseberry fool. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fool — Fool, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fooling}.] To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth. [1913 Webster] Is this a time for fooling? Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fool — [n] stupid or ridiculous person ass, birdbrain*, blockhead*, bonehead*, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod*, clown, cretin*, dimwit*, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox*, dunce, dunderhead*, easy mark*, fair game*, fathead*, goose*, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus,… …   New thesaurus

  • fool — index bilk, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, ensnare, entrap, evade (deceive), illude …   Law dictionary

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