'fool around' definitions:
Definition of 'fool around'
(from WordNet)
verb
Indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn: horse around, arse around, fool around, fool]
verb
Commit adultery; "he plays around a lot" [syn: play around, fool around]
Definition of 'fool around'
From: GCIDE
- fool around \fool` a*round"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fooled around}; p. pr. & vb. n. Fooling around.]
- 1. To waste time in idle pursuits; to fool[2].
- Syn: fool[2]. [PJC]
- 2. To flirt or philander. --RHUDbr/ [PJC]
- 3. To be sexually promiscuous; to engage in sexual intercourse with more than one partner; especially, to engage in adultery; as, to fool around with another woman. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'fool around'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- finger with,
- flirt,
- flounce,
- fool,
- fool with,
- fribble,
- frisk,
- frivol,
- frolic,
- gambol,
- get funny,
- go haywire,
- horse around,
- idle,
- invite ridicule,
- jerk off,
- kid around,
- loiter,
- mess around,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play the buffoon,
- play the fool,
- play with,
- potter,
- putter,
- rollick,
- romp,
- skip,
- smatter,
- sport,
- tinker,
- tomfool,
- toy,
- toy with,
- trifle,
- trip,
- twiddle,
- womanize