April Fools' Day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of April Fools' Day
First recorded in 1745–50; the variant All Fools' Day is first recorded in 1700–05
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“We’re fighting wars,” he told a group at the White House on April Fools’ Day.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Every year, journalist Ben Black publishes a playful fake story on his community news site Cwmbran Life for April Fools' Day.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
He inadvertently led this tiny band of eccentrics, plucked from the upper rungs of British society, into a historic plunge off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, on April Fools’ Day in 1979.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023
One guess is that April Fools’ Day comes from the ancient Roman festival of Hilaria, according to the Library of Congress’ Folklife Today blog.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
According to Mom, even though I was born on April 2, she went into labor with me on April Fools’ Day.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
