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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The victim of a joke or trick played on April Fools' Day.
- noun The joke or trick so played.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person subjected to a
practical joke onApril Fools' Day . Often used as an exclamation upon revealing the joke. - noun A
practical joke played onApril Fools' Day .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April
- noun the butt of a prank played on April 1st
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