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fooled

/fuːld/

fooled is the simple past and past participle of fool.

Meaning of fool

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To trick; to deceive.
    • She bit it gently and found that it resembled a worm in no way whatsoever as to taste although because it was long and slender, a Little Red Hen might easily be fooled by its appearance.1918, Florence White Williams, The Little Red Hen
  2. (intransitive) To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly.
    • 1681/1682, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar
      Is this a time for fooling?
  3. (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
    • They fool me to the top of my bent.c. 1599 to 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, III.ii.384

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Words formed from fooled

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Questions about fooled

What is fooled the simple past and past participle of?
Fooled is the simple past and past participle of fool.
How do you pronounce fooled?
Fooled is pronounced /fuːld/.

Words near fooled in the dictionary

  1. foolable
  2. Foolah
  3. Foolahs
  4. fooldom
  5. foole
  6. fooled
  7. fooled about
  8. fooled along
  9. fooled around
  10. fooled away
  11. fooled up

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