Usually means: Individuals lacking judgment or wisdom.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. fools: Merriam-Webster
  2. fools: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fools: Vocabulary.com
  4. Fool's, Fools, Fools, fool's, fools, fools: Wordnik
  5. fool's, fools, fools, fools: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. fools: Wiktionary
  7. fools: Dictionary.com
  8. fools: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Fools (EP), Fools (Rachel Stevens song), Fools (Troye Sivan song), Fools (film), Fools (play), Fools, The Fools: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Fools: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. fool's, fools: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fools: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fools: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fool's: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. FOOLS: Acronym Finder
  2. fools: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fools: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See fool as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Fool)

noun:  (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
noun:  (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
noun:  (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
noun:  Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
noun:  (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
noun:  (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Hispanic) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
noun:  (tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
verb:  (transitive) To trick; to deceive.
verb:  (intransitive) To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly.
verb:  (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
adjective:  (informal) Foolish.
noun:  (cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
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