"fooling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfuːlɪŋ/ Forms: foolings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fooling (countable and uncountable, plural foolings)
  1. The act of one who fools; foolish behaviour. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of one who fools): خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna) [feminine] (Arabic), narraus (Finnish), narutus (Finnish), älytys (Finnish), amadántacht [feminine] (Irish), amaidí (english: le) [feminine] (Irish), airleacánacht [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-fooling-en-noun-JGepaI-n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 90 10

Verb

IPA: /ˈfuːlɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fooling
  1. present participle and gerund of fool Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fool
    Sense id: en-fooling-en-verb-yRcLK15h

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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