to fool around
21fool around — verb 1. indulge in horseplay (Freq. 2) Enough horsing around let s get back to work! The bored children were fooling about • Syn: ↑horse around, ↑arse around, ↑fool • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
22fool around — Synonyms and related words: antic, be foolish, be stupid, caper, caracole, carry on, cavort, clown, clown around, coquet, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dabble, dally, dance, disport, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with,… …
23fool around — I horse or monkey around, jerk off (all sl.); philander, flirt. See amusement, endearment, impurity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. waste time, putter, idle, dawdle; see dabble , play 1 , 2 , trifle 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. waste time …
24fool around — 1) someone s been fooling around with the controls Syn: fiddle, play (around), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey (around); informal mess (around) 2) informal my husband s been fooling around Syn: philander, womanize …
25fool around — chiefly N. Amer. engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity. → fool …
26fool around — verb a) to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around b) to waste time …
27fool around — spend time playing rather than working, waste time If he would spend less time fooling around he would be able to get some work done …
28fool around — intransitive verb Date: 1837 1. to spend time idly, aimlessly, or frivolously 2. to engage in casual sexual activity …
29fool around — vb American to commit a sexual indiscretion, typi cally adultery. A common euphemistic use of the expression, heard particularly among middle class and middle aged speakers since the 1960s. The term in this specific sense has not caught on… …
30fool around — engage in casual sexual activity; dally, idle, dawdle, tarry, loiter …
