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cut the fool en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (Southern-US, intransitive) To fool around; to put on a show; to behave foolishly.
    • She said to him, "You taught them bird-dogs to rock in a rocking-chair just to torment me. Ever' beast or varmint you've brought home, you've learned to cut the fool as bad as you do." 1940, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, When the Whippoorwill, page 28:
    • Joe Slater danced fancy steps, and made the people laugh. "He shore can cut the fool!" they said. 1945, Lois Lenski, Strawberry Girl, page 85:
    • For all his smartness, the average white man is still stupid. All you have to do is call him "boss" and cut the fool for him, and he'll give you the gravy off his grits. 1996, C. Eric Lincoln, The Avenue, Clayton City, page 51:

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cuts the fool Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cut the fool Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cut the fool Tense=Past lexicographic
cutting the fool Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic