"April fool" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-April fool.oga Forms: April fools [plural]
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  1. A person subjected to a practical joke on April Fools' Day. Categories (topical): People
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  2. A practical joke played on April Fools' Day. Categories (topical): People Translations (practical joke played on April Fools' Day): كِذْبَةُ أَبْرِيل (kiḏbatu ʔabrīl) [feminine] (Arabic), pesk-Ebrel [masculine] (Breton), aprilsnar [common-gender] (Danish), aprilgrap (Dutch), aprilvis [masculine] (Dutch), aprila ŝerco (Esperanto), aprillipila (Finnish), poisson d’avril [masculine] (French), inocentada [feminine] (Galician), Aprilscherz (German), πρωταπριλιά (protapriliá) [feminine] (Greek), אחד באפריל (ekhad bi-april) (Hebrew), Aprilatrapo (Ido), pesce d'aprile (Italian), エイプリルフール (eipurirufūru) (Japanese), Abrëllsgeck [masculine] (Luxembourgish), aprilsnarr (Norwegian Bokmål), aprilspøk (Norwegian Bokmål), aprilnarr (Norwegian Nynorsk), aprilspøk (Norwegian Nynorsk), prank primaaprilisowy [masculine] (Polish), peixe de abril [masculine] (Portuguese), primeiro de abril [masculine] (Portuguese), primeiro-de-abril [masculine] (Portuguese), первоапре́льская шу́тка (pervoaprélʹskaja šútka) [feminine] (Russian), inocentada [feminine] (Spanish), aprilskämt [neuter] (Swedish), прі́ма апрі́ліс (príma aprílis) (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gowk [Scottish, person] Derived forms: April fooler, April Fooler, April-fooling, April Fools' Day, April-fool Translations (person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day): Apprėllßjëk (Central Franconian), aprilvis (Dutch), aprillinarri (Finnish), inocente [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Aprilatrapito (Ido), amadán Aibreáin [masculine] (Irish), aprilsnarr [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aprilspøk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aprilnarr [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aprilspøk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bir nisan şakası (Turkish), Ffwl Ebrill (Welsh)
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          "text": "APRIL FOOL, Any one imposed on, or sent on a bootless errand on the first of April, on which day it is the custom among the lower people, children, and servants, by dropping empty papers carefully doubled up, sending persons on absurd messages, and such like contrivances, to impose on every one they can, and then to salute them with the title of April-fool.",
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      "roman": "príma aprílis",
      "sense": "practical joke played on April Fools' Day",
      "word": "прі́ма апрі́ліс"
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      "sense": "person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day",
      "word": "bir nisan şakası"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day",
      "word": "Ffwl Ebrill"
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    "April fool"
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