| bluff2 |
to try to fool a person by pretending something is true when it is not. [1/3 definitions] |
| bozo |
an annoying person; fool; simpleton. [1/2 definitions] |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| cheat |
to make the victim of a hoax; trick; fool. [1/11 definitions] |
| chump1 |
(informal) a fool; dolt. [1/3 definitions] |
| deceive |
to cause to believe something that is not true; trick or fool. |
| dodge |
a trick or plan to avoid having to do something difficult or to fool someone. [1/5 definitions] |
| double-cross |
(informal) to fool or cheat by doing the opposite of what one has agreed to do. |
| dupe |
to fool or trick; mislead. [1/3 definitions] |
| feint |
to fool or influence by feinting. [1/5 definitions] |
| fool |
to act or speak stupidly or in jest; play the fool; joke. [1/11 definitions] |
| fool's cap |
a cap traditionally worn by the fool in a royal court, usu. brightly colored and topped by several drooping peaks hung with bells. [1/2 definitions] |
| idiot |
a stupid person; fool. |
| imbecile |
a stupid person; fool. [1/4 definitions] |
| jackass |
one who behaves in a foolish manner; fool or stupid person. [1/2 definitions] |
| kid2 |
(informal) to tell a lie to or fool. [1/2 definitions] |
| knucklehead |
(informal) a stupid, inept person; fool. |
| merry-andrew |
one who plays a fool; buffoon; clown. |
| objective complement |
in grammar, a word or word group used in the predicate of a sentence to modify the direct object, such as "a fool" in "I called her a fool". |
| play a trick |
to carry out a plan that deceives or makes a fool of someone and gives amusement to oneself or others (usu. fol. by "on"). |
| pose1 |
a way of acting in order to fool people. [1/5 definitions] |