fool around

fool around

English

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Verb

fool around (third-person singular simple present fools around, present participle fooling around, simple past and past participle fooled around)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
2. (intransitive) To waste time.
3. (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.

   Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.

4. (intransitive, informal) To engage in adultery; to play around.

Translations

to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)

Chinese: Mandarin: 鬼混 (zh) (guǐhùn) Danish: tosse rundt Finnish: hölmöillä (fi) French: faire l'imbécile (fr), flâner (fr) German: herumalbern

Japanese: ふざける (ja) (fuzakeru) Latin: dēsipiō Maori: whakarunaruna Polish: wygłupiać się (pl) Portuguese: molestar (pt), encher o saco (pt) Russian: валя́ть дурака́ (ru) (valjátʹ duraká) (lit.: "to roll a fool"), дура́читься (ru) (duráčitʹsja)

to behave in a thoughtless or irresponsible way

Maori: mākahi

to waste time

French: traînailler (fr), se la couler douce (fr), flâner (fr)

Spanish: pelar la pava (es) (Spain, colloquial)