1. a foolish or silly person
Usage: informal

1. extremely foolish or silly
Usage: informal

Examples

• Don’t be such a tomfool and listen to the instructions.
• His tomfool behavior embarrassed everyone at the meeting.
• The tomfool antics of the class clown disrupted the lesson.
• She called him a tomfool for forgetting his keys again.
• That tomfool idea will never work in practice.
• Stop acting like a tomfool and take this seriously.