transcription, транскрипция: [ fu:l ]
( fools, fooling, fooled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
2.
Fool is used to describe an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. ( mainly AM INFORMAL )
What a damn fool thing to do!...
ADJ : ADJ n [ disapproval ]
3.
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
VERB : V n , V n , V n into -ing
4.
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?...
VERB : V with n
5.
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.
PHRASE : V and N inflect
6.
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.
PHRASE : V and N inflect
7.
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. ( BRIT )
Most managers couldn’t care less about information technology. More fool them.
PHRASE [ disapproval ]
8.
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.
PHRASE : V inflects