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fooling

 
Adjective fooling has 1 sense
  1. fooling, casual - characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
    Antonym: heavy (indirect, via light)
Verb fool has 4 senses
  1. fool, gull, befool - make a fool or dupe of
    --1 is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
    Derived forms: noun fool2, noun fool1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
    --2 is one way to consume, squander, waste, ware
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
    --3 is one way to deceive, betray, lead astray
    Derived forms: noun fool1, noun fool2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. horse around, arse around, fool around, fool - indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
    --4 is a kind of play; joke, jest
    Derived forms: noun fool3, noun foolery1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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