Fool and Jive

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Fool

Fool verb - To make jokes.

Usage example: an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience

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Jive and fool are semantically related in trick topic. In some cases you can use "Jive" instead a verb "Fool", when it comes to topics like assume, mislead.

Nearby Words: foolish, foolishness, foolery, foolishly, fooled

Jive

Jive verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.

Usage example: don't be upset—we're just jiving you

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Fool and jive are semantically related in tease topic. Sometimes you can use "Fool" instead a verb "Jive", if it concerns topics such as fake, deceive, joke, kid.

Nearby Word: jiving

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Venus in the pilot was something of a Jive Turkey, but this was actually explained away through a Retcon as being an act to fool Mama Carlson into giving him the job.

Source: Series / WKRP in Cincinnati

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