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fool about

/ˈfuːl əˈbaʊt/

fool about verb: to fool around.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to fool around

Forms of fool about

third-person singular presentfools about
present participlefooling about
past participlefooled about
pastfooled about

Questions about fool about

What does fool about mean?
Fool about means to fool around.
What part of speech is fool about?
Fool about is a verb.
How do you pronounce fool about?
Fool about is pronounced /ˈfuːl əˈbaʊt/.
What is the past tense of fool about?
The past tense of fool about is fooled about.

Words near fool about in the dictionary

  1. Fookien
  2. fookin'
  3. fooking
  4. fooks
  5. fool
  6. fool about
  7. fool along
  8. fool around
  9. fool away
  10. fool duck
  11. fool ducks

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