april fool

1. 1.

   the butt of a prank played on April 1st

   Broaderbutt
2. 2.

   a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April

   Broaderpractical joke

Questions about april fool

What does april fool mean?

april fool means "the butt of a prank played on April 1st". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is april fool a common word?

april fool is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.