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fool

noun
  1. One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal: dope, gander, goose. Slang: cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey. See ability
  2. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt 3, dupe, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. Informal: sucker. Slang: fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap 1. Chiefly British: mug. See wise
verb
  1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. Informal: bamboozle, have. Slang: four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See honest
  2. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity: doodle, putter. Informal: fool around, mess around. See thrive
  3. To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively: fiddle, meddle, mess, tamper, tinker. Informal: monkey. See help, touch
  4. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion: fiddle, fidget, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, trifle, twiddle. See touch
phrasal verb

fool around
  1. Informal. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity: doodle, fool, putter. Informal: mess around. See thrive
  2. Informal. To make jokes; behave playfully: jest, joke. Informal: clown (around), fun. See laughter
  3. Informal. To engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior: Informal: neck, pet 1, spoon. Slang: make out. See sex
  4. Informal. To be sexually unfaithful to another: philander, womanize. Informal: cheat, mess around, play around. See sex
phrasal verb

fool away
To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: consume, dissipate, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste. Slang: blow 1. See save
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