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cutting the fool

cutting the fool is the present participle and gerund of cut the fool.

Meaning of cut the fool

Verb

cut the fool (third-person singular simple present cuts the fool, present participle cutting the fool, simple past and past participle cut the fool)

  1. (Southern US, intransitive) To fool around; to put on a show; to behave foolishly.
    • She said to him, "You taught them bird-dogs to rock in a rocking-chair just to torment me. Ever' beast or varmint you've brought home, you've learned to cut the fool as bad as you do."1940, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, When the Whippoorwill, page 28

Questions about cutting the fool

What is cutting the fool the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting the fool is the present participle and gerund of cut the fool.

Words near cutting the fool in the dictionary

  1. cutting the baby in half
  2. cutting the bullshit
  3. cutting the cheese
  4. cutting the coat according to the cloth
  5. cutting the cord
  6. cutting the fool
  7. cutting the ground from under someone's feet
  8. cutting the knot
  9. cutting the mustard
  10. cutting the pigeon wing
  11. cutting the rug

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