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What is the verb for fool?

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fool
  1. To trick; to make a fool of someone.
  2. To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. deceive, delude, mislead, trick, bluff, dupe, hoax, beguile, con, hoodwink, bamboozle, cheat, gull, take in, swindle, stiff, defraud, diddle, outwit, snooker, sucker, cozen, fiddle, have on, hornswoggle, outfox, swizzle, buffalo, bunco, burn, catch, do, euchre, gaff, gammon, have, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, shaft, snow, spoof, sting, chicane, flimflam, juke, mulct, scam, sharp … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “By amplifying radio signals, they would fool planes into unknowingly dropping their bombs in the safety of the open countryside.”
      “The little boy would always fool with the villagers by crying wolf until nobody believed him any longer.”
      “I'll fool with the keys in my pocket, adjust my glasses, and make a lot of noise with change.”
foolify
  1. (obsolete, transitive) to fool, to make a fool of
fooling
  1. present participle of fool
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deceiving, deluding, misleading, tricking, bluffing, duping, hoaxing, beguiling, conning, hoodwinking, bamboozling, cheating, gulling, taking in, swindling, stiffing, defrauding, diddling, outwitting, snookering, suckering, cozening, fiddling, having on, hornswoggling, outfoxing, swizzling, buffaloing, buncoing, burning, catching, doing, euchring, gaffing, gammoning, having, humbugging, juggling, misguiding, misinforming, shafting, snowing, spoofing, stinging, chicaning, flimflamming, juking, mulcting, scamming, foxing … more
foole
  1. Archaic spelling of fool.
fools
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fool
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deceives, deludes, misleads, tricks, bluffs, dupes, hoaxes, beguiles, cons, hoodwinks, bamboozles, cheats, gulls, takes in, swindles, stiffs, defrauds, diddles, outwits, snookers, suckers, cozens, fiddles, has on, hornswoggles, outfoxes, swizzles, buffaloes, buncos, burns, catches, does, euchres, gaffs, gammons, has, humbugs, juggles, misguides, misinforms, shafts, snows, spoofs, stings, chicanes, flimflams, jukes, mulcts, scams, sharps … more
fooleth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of fool
foolest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of fool
fooled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fool
  2. Synonyms:
      3. set up, tricked, conned, deceived, coaxed, manipulated, used, exploited, had, cajoled, cheated, controlled, disinformed, gulled, double-crossed, duped, ensnared, entraped, framed, hoaxed, leveraged, misled, sweet-talked, flimflammed, hoodwinked, put on, put one over on, deluded, bluffed, beguiled, bamboozled, swindled, stiffed, defrauded, snookered, suckered, outwitted, diddled, swizzled, fiddled, outfoxed, cozened, hornswoggled, had on, buncoed, caught, juggled, snowed, burnt, misguided … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The end result of manifest destiny, racism and unrestrained capitalism has led to a public that yearns to be fooled.”
      “So let's not get fooled by our astrologer pals who claim one number or another is bad for us.”
      “He fooled around with plenty of other sports before settling on tenpins as his livelihood.”
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