Fool
Fool noun - A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
Mark
Mark noun - A person or thing that is made fun of.
Usage example: in the wake of the sex scandal, the governor became the favorite mark of late-night comedians
How words are described
| old | old fool | old mark |
| long | long fool | long mark |
| common | common fool | common mark |
| complete | complete fool | complete mark |
| Other adjectives: original, powerful, real, big, little, young, famous, bloody, next. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Abby hints to Mark that if he flies her to work that morning instead of her going in normally, they have twenty extra minutes (to fool around).
Source: Webcomic / Love and Capes -
After we'd come back from the commercial we'd find it was a just part of the plan and the fake 'Oh Crap' just acting to fool the bad guys, or a deus-ex machina comes in to distract the mark.
Source: Series / Mission: Impossible -
The replicas Mark left after his thefts were good enough to fool most folks, but imagine how thrilled his former targets are to get the real things back!
Cite this Source
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