The Clue
Stooge (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FOIL
Tags
Notes
The answer FOIL is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
Related Clues
Checkmate
Discomfit
Frustrate
Outfox
Outwit
Patsy
Stymie
Thwart
Aluminum sheet
Aluminum wrap
Comic's sidekick
Fencing sword
Fencing weapon
It's a wrap
Kitchen wrap
Metallic paper
Mirror backing
That's a wrap
Wrap for leftovers
Wrap in sheets
Wrapping for food
Abbott, to Costello, e.g.
Blunt-pointed rapier
Straight man, for a comedian
Definition
FOIL as a noun:
1. a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
2. (foil, enhancer) = anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
3. (hydrofoil, foil) = a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
4. (foil, transparency) = picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
5. a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
FOIL as a verb:
1. enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
2. (thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk) = hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
3. cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"