fooling Meaning & Definition

  • En [ fuːl]
  • Us [ fuːl]

Meaning of fooling In English

  • 0 present participle of fool

  • 1 to trick someone:

    • Don't be fooled by his appearance.

    • She said she was doing it to help me, but I wasn't fooled.

    • Tim was fooled into believing that he'd won a lot of money.

    • "Really, I'm very happy." "You could have fooled me."

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Examples of fooling

  • Don't be fooled by his pleasant manner - he's pretty ruthless beneath that nice exterior.

  • I'm not easily fooled.

  • You can't fool me!

  • She was fooled into handing over the money.

  • He fooled a lot of people.

  • We would be fooling ourselves in thinking that we were appreciating and understanding the art and works of other cultures.

  • On the other hand, the third-person mode is also, definingly, fooling.

  • Fooling ourselves with child autonomy and assent in nontherapeutic clinical research.

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