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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fooling, casualadjective

    characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

    "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

Wikipedia

  1. fooling

    "Foolin'" is a 1983 single by English heavy metal band Def Leppard from their diamond album Pyromania. When released as a single later that year, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #28 on the US Billboard Hot 100.Cash Box said "Foolin'" has "structural similarities to [earlier Def Leppard single] 'Photograph' and follows in that single’s skillful pop blend of melodicism and metallicism."

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  1. fooling

    Fooling generally refers to the act of deceiving or tricking someone in order to make them believe something that is not true. It involves making use of deceit, hoax, subterfuge, or scams to mislead someone or to gain an advantage over someone. Fooling can also mean making a joke or prank to deceive someone playfully.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fooling

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fooling in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fooling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fooling in a Sentence

  1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    ras cardo speaks: one of the greatest blunders and mistakes jamaica has made to-reggae- is the ostracizing and exclusion of the trench town people from the rest of the society. they never knew us, because they never wanted to get to know us. so, now, when I hear them talking about reggae music as their- cultural export - one wonders, who are they fooling? the damage is already done.

  2. Mike Hurst:

    A lot of folks are unaware that he is a Democrat, he has done a great job, I think personally, of fooling the Mississippi voters into thinking that he is conservative.

  3. Brigitte Amiri:

    The state's bureaucratic sleight of hand is fooling no one. This is an attempt to ban abortion in Kentucky, plain and simple. We are fighting to keep this from happening.

  4. Bennie Thompson:

    They’re not fooling anybody. They are obligated to comply with our investigation. They have refused to do so. And that’s a crime.

  5. Lakshheish M Patel:

    The shops of youtubers who have lakhs of bought out fake subscribers and have become millionaire by fooling stock market investors should close down this month itself.

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