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fool around

fool a·round
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fool uh-round]
    • /ful əˈraʊnd/
    • /fuːl əˈraʊnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fool uh-round]
    • /ful əˈraʊnd/

Definitions of fool around words

  • noun fool around a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense. 1
  • noun fool around a professional jester, formerly kept by a person of royal or noble rank for amusement: the court fool. 1
  • noun fool around a person who has been tricked or deceived into appearing or acting silly or stupid: to make a fool of someone. 1
  • noun fool around an ardent enthusiast who cannot resist an opportunity to indulge an enthusiasm (usually preceded by a present participle): He's just a dancing fool. 1
  • noun fool around a weak-minded or idiotic person. 1
  • verb with object fool around to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him. 1
See all 22 definitions of fool around

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Origin of fool around

First appearance:

before 1225
One of the 9% oldest English words
1225-75; Middle English fol, fool < Old French fol < Latin follis bellows, bag; cf. follis

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Parts of speech for Fool around

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Fool around

fool around popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for fool around

verb fool around

  • dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  • hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
  • kill time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • lark — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
All 7 Synonyms of fool around

Antonyms for fool around

verb fool around

  • labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
  • toil — Usually, toils. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
  • work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
All 3 Antonyms of fool around

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