fool betydelse and definition

Betydelse av fool på svenska

• 0 a person who behaves in a silly way without thinking:

  • [ as form of address ] You fool, you missed your chance!

  • He's a fool if he thinks she still loves him.

  • He said he would pay me back and like a fool, I believed him.

  • I felt like a fool when I dropped my phone in the toilet.

  • [ + to infinitive ] He's a fool to think she still loves him.

  • I got a little drunk and made a fool of myself.

  • Any fool could tell that she was joking.

  • I notice Ed didn't offer to pay for her - he's no fool.

  • "I lent Rhoda £100 and she hasn't paid me back." "More fool you - you know what she's like!"

• 1 in the past, a person who was employed in the court of a king or queen to make the court laugh by telling jokes and doing funny things

  • Stop acting the fool, I'm trying to talk to you.

• 2 a sweet, soft food made of crushed fruit, cream, and sugar:

  • gooseberry fool

• 3 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."

• 4 silly:

  • You've done some fool things in your time, but this beats everything.

• 5 a person who behaves in a silly way, or someone who lacks judgment:

  • Crazy I may be, but I try not to be a fool.

  • I know I’m making a fool of myself, but I can’t help it.

  • They were dressed up like a bunch of fools.

• 6 silly or stupid:

  • I made a damn fool mistake, but I’ll never do it again.

• 7 to trick or deceive someone:

  • [ T ] She tries to fool people about her age by wearing heavy makeup and coloring her hair.

  • [ I ] You don’t owe me a penny, I was only fooling (= joking).