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}, {fish}, {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: {dupe}, {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!" [syn: {horse around}, {arse around}, {fool
around}]