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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 jokes
Familiarity information: ALL FOOLS' DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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...):
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