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tomfoolery
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"foolish trifling," 1812, from tomfool + -ery .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A brief summary is in order for those of you not inclined to keep track of shenanigans and other assorted tomfoolery . ▪ All it took was nerve, organization and terminal tomfoolery . ▪ Let's not have any more tomfoolery with ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly , foolery , craziness , lunacy , indulgence ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 foolish behaviour 2 (context Cockney rhyming slang English) jewellery.
Usage examples of tomfoolery.
That is, he felt he should, whether he wanted to see the muckworm or not, to find out what all the tomfoolery was about and put a stop to it.
Then I saw in one of those little miscellaneous shops--news, sweets, toys, stationery, belated Christmas tomfoolery, and so forth--an array of masks and noses.
Barney Kantor lives in his little world of pretense and tomfoolery, believing he is a press agent extraordinaire.
All along, I had been feeling sorry for him because that general looked like the kind of gent who would stand for just so much tomfoolery before he lowered the boom.