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play the fool

play the fool
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pley stressed th ee fool]
    • /pleɪ stressed ði ful/
    • /pleɪ ðə fuːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pley stressed th ee fool]
    • /pleɪ stressed ði ful/

Definitions of play the fool words

  • verbal expression play the fool behave in a silly way 1
  • noun play the fool to deliberately act foolishly; indulge in buffoonery 0
  • noun play the fool to act like a fool; do silly things; clown 0
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Parts of speech for Play the fool

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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play the fool popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% 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".

Synonyms for play the fool

verb play the fool

  • mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
  • muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
  • clown — A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
  • joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
All 4 Synonyms of play the fool

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