单词	fooling around
释义	fool around verb variants or chiefly British fool about fooled around; fooling around; fools around intransitive verb 1 : to behave in a way that is not very serious When it comes to safety, we don't fool around. often, specifically : to spend time idly, aimlessly, or frivolously Later in the day, the three of us were fooling around, waiting for Mr. Michaels to get class started. Marilyn Reynolds 2 : to engage in casual sexual activity She found out that her partner had been fooling around on her. [=having sex with someone else] see also fool around with Synonyms act up clown (around) cut up horse around hotdog monkey (around) show off showboat skylark See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done Word History First Known Use 1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1 fooling around verb present participle of fool around 1 as in cutting up to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cutting up horsing around showing off acting up clowning (around) monkeying (around) carrying on reveling hotdogging showboating roaring skylarking revelling misbehaving capering romping cavorting mafficking gamboling larking frisking rollicking roughhousing frolicking carousing wassailing gambolling disporting 2 as in messing around to spend time in aimless activity we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done Synonyms & Similar Words messing around hanging about playing fribbling fiddling (around) goofing (around) pottering (around) puttering (around) kicking around monkeying (around) horsing around doodling trifling lounging hanging (around or out) clowning (around) idling loafing dawdling diddling (with) dillydallying tinkering lolling dallying Antonyms & Near Antonyms settling (down) buckling (down) setting (to) knuckling down
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