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APRIL FOOLS'
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Dictionary entry overview: What does April Fools' mean?
• APRIL FOOLS' (noun)
The noun APRIL FOOLS' has 1 sense:
1. the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes
Familiarity information: APRIL FOOLS' 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 ("April Fools'" is a kind of...):
day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)
Holonyms ("April Fools'" is a part of...):
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