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How to pronounce “fool”
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Pronunciation guide for fool
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of fool with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
fooling myself. But your unconscious can fool you in a way that you're not aware of and
- Definition summary
- (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce fool
Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
fooling myself. But your unconscious can fool you in a way that you're not aware of and
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “fool”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
- (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
- Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
- (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Hispanic) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
- (tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To trick; to deceive.
- (intransitive) To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly.
- (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
- [Adjective]
- (informal) Foolish.
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