to fool around
101screw around — intransitive verb slang : to waste or pass time : loiter got all night to screw around here Richard Bissell * * * 1) vulgar slang have many different sexual partners 2) informal fool around * * * screw around [phrasal verb] chiefly US informal …
102mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… …
103mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… …
104fart around — verb To waste time, or to fool about. Syn: fool around …
105toy around — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [*To flirt] Syn. dally, take lightly, treat lightly, fool with, fool around with; see also flirt 1 , trifle . 2. [To consider] Syn. think about, ponder, have in mind; see think 1 . See Synonym Study at trifle …
106mess around — (in BRIT, also use mess about) 1) PHRASAL VERB If you mess around or mess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything. [V P] We were just messing around playing with paint... [V P] Stop messing… …
107fuck around — to waste time or behave in a way that is not serious. We re not here to fuck around we have work to do. You re just fucking around with small improvements when we need to make major changes. Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by not… …
108mess around — don t mess around with any of the equipment Syn: fool around, fiddle about/around, play around; fidget, toy, trifle, tamper, tinker, interfere, meddle, monkey (around/about) …
109horse around — informal they knew better than to horse around when their father came home Syn: fool around, play, have fun, clown around, monkey around …
110play around — informal he s been playing around for years Syn: womanize, philander, have affairs, flirt; informal carry on, mess around, play the field, sleep around, fool around …
