Fooling
['fuːlɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; 'a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fool
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Examples
- Play then changes to fooling and if habitually indulged in is demoralizing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Now let's be off, and have no more fooling. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ah--you'll borrow from Selden or Rosedale--and take your chances of fooling them as you've fooled me! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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