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How to pronounce fool in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool
Type of simpleton, simple
Has types cuckoo, fathead, flibbertigibbet, foolish woman, fucker, ass, goofball, goof, bozo, buffoon, clown, goose, jackass, meshuggeneh, meshuggener, morosoph, putz, twat, wally, zany
Type Words
Synonyms befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in
Type of deceive, lead astray, betray
Has types pull the leg of, kid


You can't fool me!.
Type Words
Synonyms jester, motley fool
Type of clown, buffoon, goofball, merry andrew, goof
Type Words
Synonyms dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot
Type of squander, ware, waste, consume
Type Words
Synonyms chump, fall guy, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker
Type of victim, dupe
Type Words
Synonyms arse around, fool around, horse around
Type of joke, jest, play
Derivation foolery


The bored children were fooling about.
Type Words
Synonyms befool, gull
Type of deceive, cozen, delude, lead on

Examples of fool

fool
Only a fool would declare what these demands for change will ultimately produce.
From the newsweek.com
Peeled shrimp and cut clams also will fool them, but they zero in on sand fleas.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Just Go With It makes a feint in that direction, but not enough to fool anybody.
From the chron.com
Politicians are professional liars, and they know how easy it is to fool people.
From the forbes.com
I feel like a failure and a fool for allowing myself to get into this situation.
From the stltoday.com
We highly recommend you go so you can fool yourselves into thinking it's Summer.
From the hecklerspray.com
It's a pity, Mykeljon, that you've made a fool of yourself by believeing Doutre.
From the books.scoop.co.nz
Lets wait until results are in before you Liberals raise this fool to sainthood.
From the washingtontimes.com
Your boss odumbo will be next in 2012 but he will be POWERLESS FOOL for 2 years.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • A person who lacks good judgment
  • Make a fool or dupe of
  • Chump: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  • Fritter: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
  • Gull: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
  • Jester: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
  • Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport is an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon. It is the main international airport in the country.
  • Durak is a Russian card game that is popular throughout most of the post-Soviet states. The object of the game is to get rid of all one's cards. At the end of the game, the last player with cards in their hand is referred to as the fool (durak).
  • "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" is the title of a popular song from 1978 by the British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. Rea also wrote the song, which appears on his 1978 debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?.