Tomfoolery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tomfoolery \Tom`fool"er*y\, n.
     Trifling or silly behavior done mostly for amusement;
     foolishness; fooling around.
  
     Syn: tomfoolishness.
          [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tomfoolery
       n : foolish or senseless behavior [syn: {folly}, {foolery}, {craziness},
            {lunacy}, {indulgence}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "tomfoolery":
     antic, balderdash, baloney, banter, blatherskite, buffoonery,
     caper, claptrap, clownishness, foolery, fooling, frolic,
     harlequinade, hogwash, horseplay, lark, malarkey, monkeyshine,
     monkeyshines, poppycock, rubbish, shenanigan, shenanigans, shines,
     trick, twaddle