fool
noun
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
fooling
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present participleof fool.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Then there's this, he said: AI models are getting better and better at detecting when they are being tested and might behave differently when they are actually deployed, fooling their masters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
“The assertion that the U.S. Attorney’s Office was snookered by the Department of the Interior is not fooling anybody,” Eisen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?
From Slate ● May 11, 2026
“If a high number of those children are not getting the follow-up care, we may just be fooling ourselves and checking a box,” Chung said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
I was sitting in front of the trailer fooling with the calculator when Annie strolled over carrying one of her poetry books.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
