to fool

Definition of to fool in English English dictionary: A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream; To trick; to make a fool of someone; Someone who very much likes something specified
I'm a fool for the city.; A particular card in a tarot deck; A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court; {v} to trifle, toy, disappoint, defeat, cheat; {n} a foolish person, oaf, buffoon, wicked man; a person who lacks good judgment; If you make a fool of someone, you make them seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them. Your brother is making a fool of you He'd been made a fool of; A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; commonly called gooseberry fool; One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person; indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"; a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages; If you make a fool of yourself, you behave in a way that makes other people think that you are silly or lacking in good judgment. He was drinking and making a fool of himself; disapproval If you call someone a fool, you are indicating that you think they are not at all sensible and show a lack of good judgment. `You fool!' she shouted He'd been a fool to get involved with her! = idiot; If someone fools you, they deceive or trick you. Art dealers fool a lot of people Don't be fooled by his appearance They tried to fool you into coming after us. = trick, con; One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments; disapproval Fool is used to describe an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. What a damn fool thing to do!; {f} play a joke on, trick; act like a fool; joke, play around; {i} idiot, dummy; clown; court jester; a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of; A jester, a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court; a person who lacks good judgment make a fool or dupe of; To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth; One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural; fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"; A person with poor judgment or little intelligence; A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt; spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"; To infatuate; to make foolish; If you say that a person is fooling with something or someone, you mean that the way they are behaving is likely to cause problems. What are you doing fooling with such a staggering sum of money?; make a fool or dupe of; To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money; disapproval If you say to someone `More fool you' when they tell you what they have done or what they plan to do, you are indicating that you think that it is silly and shows a lack of judgment. Most managers couldn't care less about information technology. More fool them; If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh. They used to play the fool together, calling each other silly names and giggling. or jester Comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of amusement and gave him license to abuse and poke fun at even his most exalted patrons. Professional fools flourished in diverse societies from ancient Egyptian times until the 18th century. Often deformed, dwarfed, or crippled, fools were kept for luck as well as amusement, in the belief that deformity can avert the evil eye and that abusive raillery can transfer ill luck from the abused to the abuser. In some societies, they were regarded as inspired with poetic and prophetic powers. The greatest literary characterization of the fool is found in William Shakespeare's King Lear. fool's gold April Fools' Day All Fools' Day

to fool

Turkish pronunciation

tı ful

Pronunciation

/tə ˈfo͞ol/ /tə ˈfuːl/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.