fool around as a verb: - 1
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fool around
verb
1 fool around
Indulge in horseplay.
synonyms: arse around, fool, horse around.
Roget 499:
to be an imbecile
etc.
adj.;
have no brains,
have no sense
etc.
498.
trifle,
drivel,
radoter†,
dote;
ramble
etc.
(madness)
503;
play the fool,
play the monkey,
monkey around,
fool around;
take leave of one's senses
(insanity)
503;
not see an inch beyond one's nose;
stultify oneself
etc.
699;
talk nonsense
etc.
497.
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Roget 842:
joke,
jest,
crack a joke,
make a joke,
jape,
cut jokes;
perpetrate a joke;
pun,
perpetrate a pun;
make fun of,
make merry with;
kid,
kid around,
fool around;
set the table in a roar
etc.
(amuse)
840.
retort;
banter
etc.
(ridicule)
856;
ridentem dicere verum [Lat.];
joke at one's expense.
take in jest.
[make a joke which is not funny]
bomb,
fall flat;
go over like a lead balloon.
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2 fool around
Moby thesaurus: antic, be foolish, be stupid, caper, caracole, carry on, cavort, clown, clown around, coquet, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dabble, dally, dance, disport, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, flounce, fool, fool with, fribble, frisk, frivol, frolic, gambol, get funny, go haywire, horse around, idle, invite ridicule, jerk off, kid around, loiter, mess around, monkey, monkey around, piddle, play, play around, play the buffoon, play the fool, play with, potter, putter, rollick, romp, skip, smatter, sport, tinker, tomfool, toy, toy with, trifle, trip, twiddle, womanize ... show more.
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