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ALL FOOLS' DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does All Fools' day mean? 

ALL FOOLS' DAY (noun)
  The noun ALL FOOLS' DAY has 1 sense:

1. the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokesplay

  Familiarity information: ALL FOOLS' DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALL FOOLS' DAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

All Fools' day; April Fools'; April Fools' day

Hypernyms ("All Fools' day" is a kind of...):

day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)

Holonyms ("All Fools' day" is a part of...):

Apr; April (the month following March and preceding May)


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