foolery
Americannoun
plural
fooleries-
foolish action or conduct.
-
a foolish action, performance, or thing.
noun
-
foolish behaviour
-
an instance of this, esp a prank or trick
Etymology
Origin of foolery
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.
“Eventually after much tom foolery, the critter was captured and removed from the freeway,” the state police wrote on the agency’s Twitter page.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023
It takes no less than 10 seconds for the foolery to start.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022
“We don’t tolerate any foolery, because this is something we want to see succeed,” he said.
From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2019
True enough, but no excuse for a novelist, or his editor, failing to tone down the foolery.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2015
“I suppose you’ll miss me terribly, too,” I say to Richard, continuing the foolery.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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.
