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View synonyms for foolery

foolery

[ foo-luh-ree ]

noun

, plural fool·er·ies.
  1. foolish action or conduct.
  2. a foolish action, performance, or thing.


foolery

/ ˈfuːlərɪ /

noun

  1. foolish behaviour
  2. an instance of this, esp a prank or trick
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foolery1

First recorded in 1545–55; fool 1 + -ery
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Example Sentences

In opposing bail, the officer told the court: "We say this is not TikTok foolery. We say this is an enforcer of a drugs debt."

From BBC

“Eventually after much tom foolery, the critter was captured and removed from the freeway,” the state police wrote on the agency’s Twitter page.

It takes no less than 10 seconds for the foolery to start.

And so the notion that he is a powerless man at the mercy of almighty elites is foolery.

The whole of humanity doesn’t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows.

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