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Subject of a practical joke
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april fool
Word definitions for april fool in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
April Fool is the codename for the spy and double agent who allegedly played a key role in the downfall of the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
April \A"pril\, n. [L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr. L. Aprilis.] The fourth month of the year. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc. The April's her eyes; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s; April-gowk (from Old Norse gaukr "a cuckoo") is a northern variant. April Fool's Day customs of sending people on false errands seem to have come to England from France late 17c.; originally All Fool's Day (1712). In Cumberland, Westmorland and northern ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person subjected to a practical joke on April Fools' Day. Often used as an exclamation upon revealing the joke. 2 A practical joke played on April Fools' Day.
Usage examples of april fool.
By the time international affairs returned to their normal cold-war level, some wits were calling it the most tasteless April Fool's joke in history.
On the first of April (I remember noting that it was April Fool's Day!
But, apparently, the President had done his own typing on the night of March 31 and into the early morning of Sunday, April 1 -- on April Fool's Day.
They were playing him for an April Fool joke and he foold them instead.
A standard year and a half had passed since he and Zhaarnak had launched their abortive April Fool attack on Home Hive Three in 2365.