v. |
[1] |
trick
,
gull
,
befool
,
deceive
,
take in
,
swindle
,
defraud
,
hoax
,
cheat
,
fleece
,
cozen
,
hoodwink
,
bluff
,
dupe
,
gull
,
humbug
,
delude
,
mislead
,
make a fool of
,
pull the wool over (someone's) eyes
,
have (someone) on
,
pull (someone's) leg
,
tease
,
twit
,
(Archaic) chouse
,
(Colloq) kid
,
con
,
snow
,
do a snow job on
,
bamboozle
,
put one/something over on
,
pull something/a fast one on
,
(Brit) twist
,
(Mainly US/Canadian) josh
,
(Slang) pluck
,
(Brit) nobble
|
[2] |
joke
,
fritter
,
frivol away
,
jest
,
banter
,
dissipate
,
shoot
,
tease
,
twit
,
fritter away
,
fool away
,
feign
,
fake
,
pretend
,
make believe
,
(Colloq) kid
|
[3] |
fool with/around/about (with)
,
gull
,
dupe
,
play (around/about) (with)
,
toy/trifle (with)
,
slang
,
befool
,
mess/fiddle (around/about) (with)
,
monkey (around/about) with
,
cod
,
put on
,
meddle (with)
,
tamper with
,
take in
,
put one over
,
fribble (with)
,
put one across
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[4] |
horse around
,
fool around/about
,
play/mess around/about
,
arse around
,
fool around
,
gambol
,
frolic
,
romp
,
cavortwaste/fritter away/squander/kill time
,
fribble
,
loiter
,
dawdle
,
idle
,
(Brit) potter (about)
,
lark/muck about/around
,
(US) putter around/about
,
(Colloq) footle
|
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n. |
[1] |
sap
,
simpleton
,
ninny
,
saphead
,
muggins
,
ninny-hammer
,
nincompoop
,
tomfool
,
ass
,
jackass
,
dunce
,
dolt
,
halfwit
,
numskull/numbskull
,
blockhead
,
bonehead
,
pinhead
,
silly
,
feather-brain
,
loon
,
goose
,
booby
,
jay
,
goon
,
mooncalf
,
idiot
,
ignoramus
,
dim-wit
,
nitwit
,
halfwit
,
imbecile
,
moron
,
clod
,
clodpole
,
clodpoll
,
clodpate
,
oaf
,
(Psychology) retardate
,
(Scots) gomerel
,
(Colloq) birdbrain
,
dumb-bell
,
fat-head
,
chump
,
twit
,
knuckle-head
,
chucklehead
,
nit
,
twerp/twirp
,
(Brit) pillock
,
(US/Canadian) jerk
,
retard
,
(Slang) sap
,
dope
,
(Brit) git
,
(Australian) boofhead
|
[2] |
(court) jester
,
chump
,
gull
,
clown
,
comic
,
mark
,
patsy
,
comedian/comedienne
,
entertainer
,
fall guy
,
sucker
,
zany
,
buffoon
,
soft touch
,
mug
,
merry andrew
,
farceur
,
joker
,
jokester
,
droll
,
Punch
,
Punchinello
,
pierrot
,
harlequin
|
[3] |
butt
,
jester
,
motley fool
,
dupe
,
gull
,
victim
,
cat's-paw
,
(Colloq) chump
,
greenhorn
,
(easy) mark
,
(US) fall guy
,
(Slang) pigeon
,
sucker
,
stooge
,
(Brit) mug
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