fool (
http://definr.com/fool)
adj 1: (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some
wacky plan for selling more books" [syn:
cockamamie,
cockamamy,
fool(a),
goofy,
sappy,
silly,
wacky,
zany,
unreasonable]
2: (informal) having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous
anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some
fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn:
anserine,
dopy,
dopey,
fool(a),
foolish,
goosey,
goosy,
gooselike]
n 1: a person who lacks good judgment [syn:
sap,
saphead,
muggins,
tomfool]
2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
chump,
gull,
mark,
patsy,
fall guy,
sucker,
schlemiel,
shlemiel,
soft touch,
mug]
3: a professional clown employed to to entertain a king or
nobleman in the middle ages [syn:
jester]
v 1: make a fool or dupe of [syn:
gull,
befool]
2: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
inheritance" [syn:
fritter,
frivol away,
dissipate,
shoot,
fritter away,
fool away]
3: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn:
gull,
dupe,
slang,
befool,
cod,
put on,
take in,
put one over, {put
one across}]
4: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back
to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn: {horse
around},
arse around,
fool around]