FOOL AROUND • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Fool around

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fool around v. i. (past & past part. fooled around; pres. part. fooling around)

To waste time in idle pursuits; to fool (2).

Synonyms: fool (2).

To flirt or philander. br/

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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fool around" Quotes from Famous Books

... unlikely that anything would be buried there. I don't take any stock in those Captain Kidd yarns. There's too many of 'em being spun by retired sailors. If Captain Kidd had any money, he took good care of it, you can wager. Besides, I haven't any time to fool around looking for an island. I have to get my cargo to ...

— Bob the Castaway • Frank V. Webster

... lightnin', tore down considerable." Then Mr. Pawket would remember that Willum had asked him to be all the help he could to the architect, so he would cast his eyes up to the sun as one who dovetails multitudinous engagements, remarking: "What say we go down to Cedar Plains now? Fool around a little. Kindy block the thing ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1919 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

Words linked to "Fool around" : wander, fool, play, play around, betray, cheat, arse around