as in hijinks
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
the open bar may have had something to do with the tomfoolery at the wedding reception
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Recent Examples of tomfoolery
The tomfoolery that's going on in D.C., that's just regular everyday business to Black folks.
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Another aspect to note is that the AI didn’t ridicule me or otherwise play any tomfoolery about my commentary.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
A little tomfoolery never hurt anybody, and there's been a lot between Pittsburgh Penguins' forward Sidney Crosby and Minnesota Wild Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
If humans can use emotional tomfoolery to prevail over AI, there is a certain kind of endearing fulfillment in doing so.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Another aspect to note is that the AI didn’t ridicule me or otherwise play any tomfoolery about my commentary.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
A little tomfoolery never hurt anybody, and there's been a lot between Pittsburgh Penguins' forward Sidney Crosby and Minnesota Wild Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
If humans can use emotional tomfoolery to prevail over AI, there is a certain kind of endearing fulfillment in doing so.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomfoolery
Noun
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His is a sort of erudite buffoonery that consistently tap-dances between clever, self-aware, and patently stupid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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There is, in fact, real stagecraft along with the buffoonery.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The action anime feature for everyone who couldn’t get enough of the horseplay in The Two Towers has finally cantered onto Max.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2025
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Key speeches are faithfully delivered to an audience of two, not thousands; a scene of soldiers destructively revelling on a bridge is given a different spirit by ironic, out-of-time horseplay.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Eric Andre, Tyler the Creator and Machine Gun Kelly all drop by to participate in the Jack-foolery.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2022
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The whole of humanity doesn’t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
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“Tomfoolery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomfoolery. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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