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April-fool

April-fool verb: to prank on April Fool's Day.

Verb

April-fool (third-person singular simple present April-fools, present participle April-fooling, simple past and past participle April-fooled)

  1. (transitive) To prank on April Fool's Day.

Forms of April-fool

third-person singular presentApril-fools
present participleApril-fooling
past participleApril-fooled
pastApril-fooled

Questions about April-fool

What does April-fool mean?
April-fool means to prank on April Fool's Day.
What part of speech is April-fool?
April-fool is a verb.
What is the past tense of April-fool?
The past tense of April-fool is April-fooled.

Words near April-fool in the dictionary

  1. April gentlemen
  2. April shower
  3. April showers
  4. April showers bring May flowers
  5. April Theory
  6. April-fool
  7. April-fooled
  8. April-fooling
  9. April-fools
  10. Aprile
  11. Apriles

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