Tricks
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noun
- A person lacking in judgment or prudence
"Only a fool would ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet."
- A retainer see retainer formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and bauble
- One who is victimized or made to appear foolish dupe
"History has made fools of many rash prophets."
- A person lacking in common powers of understanding or reason
- One with a marked propensity or fondness for something
"a dancing fool"
- A cold dessert of pureed fruit mixed with whipped cream or custard
verb
- To behave foolishly
"told the children to stop their fooling"
- To meddle, tamper, or experiment especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly
"Don't fool with that drill."
- To play or improvise a comic role
- To speak in jest joke
"I was only fooling"
- To contend or fight without serious intent or with less than full strength toy
"a dangerous man to fool with"
- to behave foolishly
- to meddle, tamper, or experiment especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly
- to play or improvise a comic role
- To make a fool of deceive
- Infatuate
- To spend on trifles or without advantage fritter
- to behave foolishly
- to meddle, tamper, or experiment especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly
- to play or improvise a comic role
idiom
- Used to say that it is foolish to take action if one does not know much about what he or she is doing
noun
- April fools' day
noun
- April 1 characteristically marked by the playing of practical jokes
idiom
- To be kind to and patient with people who are annoying or bothersome
noun
- The butt of a joke or trick played on April Fools' Day
verb
- To behave in a way that is not very serious
"When it comes to safety, we don't fool around."
- To engage in casual sexual activity
"She found out that her partner had been fooling around on her. =having sex with someone else"
- to behave in a way that is not very serious; often, specifically : to spend time idly, aimlessly, or frivolously
- to engage in casual sexual activity
idiomatic phrase
- To use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious
"I'm not really a painter; I just like to fool around with paints."
- To handle or interact with (something) in a careless or foolish way to meddle, tamper, or experiment with (something) especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly
"Don't fool around with that drill."
- To have sex with (someone who is not one's spouse or regular partner)
"His partner discovered that he was fooling around with his co-worker."
noun
- A cap or hood usually with bells worn by jesters
- A conical cap for slow or lazy students
- A size of paper formerly standard in Great Britain
This clue was used on March 12, 2025.
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