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tom·fool·er·y  (tm-fl-r)

n. pl. tom·fool·er·ies

1. Foolish behavior.

2. Something trivial or foolish; nonsense.

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tomfoolery [ˌtɒmˈfuːlərɪ]

n pl -eries

1. foolish behaviour

2. utter nonsense; rubbish

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tomfoolery - foolish or senseless behavior         foolery, lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgence frolic, gambol, romp, caper, play - gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss - (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank, frivolity - acting like a clown or buffoon

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tomfoolery

noun

1. foolishness, messing around (informal), shenanigans, clowning, stupidity, larks (informal), fooling around (informal), silliness, idiocy, skylarking (informal), horseplay, buffoonery, childishness Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery?
foolishness seriousness, sobriety, solemnity, heaviness, sternness, demureness, sedateness

2. nonsense, rot, tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), rubbish, pants (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bilge (informal), twaddle, baloney (informal), claptrap (informal), hogwash, poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), stuff and nonsense, hooey (slang), tommyrot, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) That sounds like post-modernist toomfoolery.

Translations

tomfoolery [tɒmˈfuːlərɪ] N → payasadas fpl, tonterías fpl

tomfoolery [ˌtɒmˈfuːləri] n → espièglerie f

tomfoolery

n → Blödsinn m, → Unsinn m

tomfoolery [ˌtɒmˈfuːlərɪ] n → sciocchezze fpl