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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

... that all men do. And fool around more with people—laugh and joke, and tell funny stories and all. And then you could take an interest in your appearance—your clothes, you know; and be interested in all sorts of things going on around you, like politics and baseball. And go to see ...

— Queed • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... said bitterly. "That is it. It is just as Gordon says. A man can fool around and still love his wife. But a nice woman can't. She is strong for one man—at a time. When she falls for a new one, it is all off with the last. You could love a dozen at a time, but Miriam is too ...

— Eve to the Rescue • Ethel Hueston

... good-looking," Blair blurted out. And David said, with some annoyance, "What's that amount to?" He said that, for his part, he didn't mean to fool around after girls. "But I'm older than you, Blair; you'll feel that way when you get to be my age; it's only when a man is very young ...

— The Iron Woman • Margaret Deland

... tell you," drawled the miner, "whenever a man asks you for a candid opinion, that's the time to fill your shovel with guff. It's the only safe proceedin'. So I won't fool around with candid opinions, Dunn, I'll just admit they are jewels. Cut my diamonds ...

— Bruvver Jim's Baby • Philip Verrill Mighels

Words linked to "Fool around" : cheat, cheat on, play, fool, joke, cuckold, jest