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2 to make jokes //an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience banter, chaff, fun, gag, jape, jest, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid, quip, wisecrack, yuk [
slang] (
or yuck)
1 a person who lacks good sense or judgment //only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared berk [
British]
, booby, charlie [
British] (
also charley)
, cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, ding-dong, dipstick, doofus [
slang]
, featherhead, git [
British]
, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic [
informal]
, maniac [
informal]
, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [
chiefly British]
, nitwit, nut, nutcase, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork [
slang]
, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, gander, goon, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, moron, numskull (
or numbskull)
, pinhead, schlub [
slang] (
also shlub)
, schlump [
slang]