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fool_around

fool around

English

Verb

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

(intransitive) to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around
(intransitive) to waste time
(intransitive) to engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts
(intransitive) to engage in adultery; to play around

Translations

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬼混 (zh) ‎(guǐhùn)
Finnish: hölmöillä
French: faire l'imbécile (fr), flâner (fr)

German: herumalbern
Japanese: ふざける (ja) ‎(fuzakeru)
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)