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Fool is a related term of nong.


As a noun fool

is (pejorative) a person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

As a verb fool

is to trick; to make a fool of someone.

fool

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
    • You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
    The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
  • * Franklin
    • Experience keeps a dear school, but fools' will learn in no ' other .
  • (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  • (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
  • * Milton
    • Can they think me their fool or jester?
  • * 1975 , , "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
    • I'm a fool for the city.
  • (cooking) A type of dessert made of d fruit and custard or cream.
    • an apricot fool'''; a gooseberry '''fool
  • A particular card in a tarot deck.

    • Synonyms

    * (person with poor judgment) See also * (person who entertained a sovereign) jester, joker * (person who talks a lot of nonsense) gobshite

    Verb

  • To trick; to make a fool of someone.
  • To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
  • * Dryden
    • Is this a time for fooling ?

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * befool * fool about * fool around * foolhardy * foolish * foolishness * foolometer * fool's errand * fool's gold * fool's paradise * foolproof * more fool you * play the fool * suffer fools gladly * there's no fool like an old fool

    References

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    nong

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, Australia, New Zealand) An idiot.
  • * 1983 , Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers , Penguin 2009, p. 126:
  • *:‘In there, you nong ,’ Max said, pointing out a pink-brick home with a 1950s skillion roof.
  • * 2008 , Michael Panckridge, Hat Trick! Toby Jones, Books 1-3 , 2010, unnumbered page,
    • ‘You guys are such nongs ! Why would you want to face up to Shoaib Akhtar when you could win a World Cup against the young blond Aussie star at the home of cricket?’
  • * 2010 , John Dale (editor), Best on Ground: Great Writers on the Greatest Game , unnumbered page,
    • and spend every second Saturday defiant and one-eyed among the opposition nongs at the Barkly Street end.
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