fool in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
fool in Hindi हिन्दी
fool in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
fool in Kashmiri कॉशुर
fool in Marathi मराठी
fool in Sindhi سنڌي
fool in English
- fool⇄adj. (Informal.) foolish; silly.
Ex. They're always bringing up a shell or some other fool thing (Saturday Evening Post). - fool⇄expr. be nobody's fool. See under nobody.
- fool⇄expr. fool around, (Informal.) to waste time foolishly; trifle; idle.
Ex. He spent his best years just fooling around. - fool⇄expr. fool away, (Informal.) to waste foolishly.
Ex. He fools away his time, his money, and his health (C. Cowden Clarke). - fool⇄expr. fool with, (Informal.) to meddle foolishly with.
Ex. Stop fooling with that machine. The accused ... began fooling with a loaded gun (Manchester Examiner). - fool⇄expr. play the fool, to act the part of a fool or jester; act like a fool.
Ex. I advise you not to play the fool with me any longer (Daniel Defoe). - fool⇄fool (1), noun, verb, adjective.
- fool⇄fool (2), noun.
(British.) a dessert of stewed fruit and cream. - fool⇄noun 1. a person without sense or judgment; person who acts unwisely; simpleton.
Ex. The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool (George Santayana).
2. a clown formerly kept by a king or lord to a - fool⇄v.i. to act like a fool for fun; joke; play; pretend.
Ex. I was only fooling. - fool⇄v.t. to make a fool of; deceive; trick; dupe.
Ex. You can't fool all of the people all of the time (Abraham Lincoln).