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/ foōl/
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n.
a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person:
what a fool I was to do this.
∎ hist.
a jester or clown, esp. one retained in a noble household.
∎ inf.
a person devoted to a particular activity:
he is a running fool.
∎ archaic
a person who is duped.
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v. [tr.]
trick or deceive (someone); dupe:
he fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman
she had been fooling herself in thinking she could remain indifferent.
∎ [intr.]
act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way:
I shouted at him impatiently to stop fooling around.
∎ [intr.] (fool around)
engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity.
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adj. inf.
foolish or silly:
that damn fool waiter.
PHRASES:
be no
(or nobody's) fool
be a shrewd or prudent person.
make a fool of
trick or deceive (someone) so that they look foolish.
∎ (make a fool of oneself)
behave in an incompetent or inappropriate way that makes one appear foolish.
play
(or act) the fool
behave in a playful or silly way.
you could have fooled me!
used to express cynicism or doubt about an assertion:
“Fun, was it? Well, you could have fooled me!”PHRASAL VERBS:
fool with
toy with; play idly with:
I like fooling with cameras.
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tease (a person):
we've just been fooling with you.
fool2
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n. chiefly Brit.
a cold dessert made of puréed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard:
raspberry fool with cream.
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Fools are right at home in TV, movies
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...idiot. Gilligan was a fool. None of these classic...meeting. But the fools have an innocence...Friends" cast plays the fool at times - Matthew...in the 1997 film "Fools Rush In." But it...exemplifies the modern fool. Still, these chuckleheads...millennium's King of Fools: Jim Carrey. ...
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Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly; 6/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...that colored Mails' earlier volume on Fools Crow. Such was not to be the case. Ward...Don Juan, was an actual human being. Fools Crow, though, has conveniently died...writing equally impossible. Supposedly, Fools Crow had "given" Mails two kinds of information...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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WHERE FOOLS CASH IN; BROTHERS' MISSION TO SIMPLIFY WORLD OF STOCK INVESTING.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/9/1998; 700+ words
; ...please don't call them fools. David and Tom Gardner, founders of The Motley Fool online investors forum...imbeciles. But they are fools, in the spirit of the...and read tips from the Fool staff. This grass-roots...forms the core of the Fools' goal of demystifying...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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PITY THE...FOOL ...OR ON THE HONORED DAY FOR PRANKSTERS, JUST EMBRACE THE SILLINESS.(Life and Arts)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 4/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...educated, I'd be a damn fool. - Bob Marley Fools rush in where angels fear...Romantic comedy. 4.8 FOOLS IN SONG The Beatles: "The Fool on the Hill" Doobie Brothers...the Teenagers: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Shakira: "Fool"
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The Motley Fool Announces That April Fool's Day Prank Pays Off.
Business Wire; 4/4/2000; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 The Motley Fool, a leading multi-media source for financial...investment portfolio" was in fact an April Fool's Day prank. In an online press conference...uncovered by an intern from The Motley Fool's UK office led to the exhumation of...
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The Motley Fool Announces $30 Million in Venture Capital Financing; Softbank, AOL Time Warner Ventures, Maveron, and Mayfield Fund Contribute to Fool's Second Round.
Business Wire; 1/30/2001; 700+ words
; ...second round of financing for The Motley Fool, Inc., the Alexandria, VA-based multimedia...David Gardner, who co-founded The Motley Fool with his brother, Tom, in 1994. "Like...believe in investing for the long term. The Fool is almost seven years old--an eternity...
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The Motley Fool Selects New Rule Breaker.
PR Newswire; 9/22/2000; 700+ words
; ...Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motley Fool announced yesterday after market close...industry." In keeping with The Motley Fool's commitment to providing individual...timely access to information, The Motley Fool always announces its intent to purchase...
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The Motley Fool Reinforces Management Team; GE Capital Executive Named CFO; Longtime Fool Tapped To Direct Key Resources.
Business Wire; 3/29/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2001 The Motley Fool made two management announcements today...with the corporate strategy of The Motley Fool, the personal finance multimedia company...Officer Scott Schedler comes to The Motley Fool with 15 years of experience as a financial...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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FOOL'S GOLD, AGAIN INVESTMENT FORUM'S MEMBERS HAD PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT NEWS ARTICLE EVEN BEFORE PUBLICATION.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 2/2/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...TokyoMex, informed Fools that he had given...was whether Motley Fool can influence a...accessing Motley Fool, the Gardner brothers and Fools. Nor was it negative...That's why the Fool has links to some...A number of Fools criticized the article...
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Faithful Fools chip away at the boundaries; Franciscan nun teams with Unitarian minister to serve in San Francisco's Tenderloin district.(RELIGIOUS LIFE)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...are a visible symbol of the Faithful Fools ministry. Barsody and Jorgensen define themselves as fools because a fool or a jester is someone who lives without...she can go anywhere and say anything. Fools once served as comedic commentators and...
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Motley Fool Inc., the
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
MOTLEY FOOL INC., THE In 1993, The Motley Fool Inc. was established by brothers David and Tom Gardner and...magazine, and a series of published books. By 2001, The Motley Fool reached 30 million people per month through its multimedia channels...
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fool
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...existence of potential trouble. there's no fool like an old fool often used to suggest that the folly of an...recorded from the mid 16th century. see also fools , a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client , more people know Tom Fool...
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fools
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...saying is recorded from the mid 19th century. fools rush in where angels fear to tread a foolish...on Criticism (1711). see also children and fools tell the truth , fool , fortune favours fools , ship of fools , young folks think old folks...
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fools and jesters
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...ecclesiastics also had their fools. Patison, More's fool, was painted by...Worcester kept a fool and the prior went...his costume. Few fools are to be found in...Shakespeare's fools—Touchstone and Lear's fool—have...
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The Motley Fool, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...x201C; A fool, fool! I met a fool i ’ the forest, a motley fool. ” It was a fitting...Elizabethan literature, the fool was the one person at court...perceived themselves as the fools of Wall Street. They would...
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