Dictionary

fool around en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
2. (intransitive) To waste time.
3. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.
   • Wanna get drunk and fool around? 1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary):
   • Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.
4. (informal, intransitive) To engage in adultery; to play around.

Forms

Translations (26)

fr flâner (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · pt brincar (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · ru валя́ть дурака́ (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · ja ふざける (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · izh hullussella (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · pl wygłupiać się (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · fr faire l'imbécile (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · da tosse rundt (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · pl tracić czas (to waste time) · ru дура́читься (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · fr traînailler (to waste time) · fr flâner (to waste time) · pl pajacować (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · mi whakarunaruna (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · fr se la couler douce (to waste time) · pt encher o saco (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · la dēsipiō (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · hsn 亂它 /乱它 (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · es pelar la pava (to waste time) · de herumalbern (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · mi mākahi (to behave in a thoughtless or irresponsible way) · fi hölmöillä (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · mi porohīanga (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · hsn 希望 (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · cmn 鬼混 (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)) · pl zachowywać się nieodpowiedzialnie (to behave in a thoughtless or irresponsible way)