April Fool (Noun)
Meaning 1
A practical joke or trick played on the first day of April.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The news report about the zoo's new dinosaur exhibit turned out to be an April fool.
- He played an April fool on his sister by putting clear wrap across the doorway.
- Each year, the popular tech blog creates a humorous April fool that never fails to confuse visitors.
- His coworkers fell for the April fool prank that the office was moving to a new location on the other side of town.
- His friend tried to convince him that the house was haunted as an April fool joke.
Meaning 2
The butt of a prank played on April 1st.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- My little sister was the April fool this year when I convinced her the cat could talk.
- The coworkers at the office played a prank on John, making him the April fool by filling his office with balloons.
- In high school, I was the April fool when my friends put clear wrap across the doorway to my classroom.
- My mom fell for the classic 'blue screen of death' prank on our computer, making her the April fool.
- After being convinced that aliens had landed, my dad was the April fool when it was just a bad movie trailer.