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Princeton's WordNet

  1. horse around, arse around, fool around, foolverb

    indulge in horseplay

    "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"

  2. play around, fool aroundverb

    commit adultery

    "he plays around a lot"

GCIDE

  1. fool aroundverb

    To waste time in idle pursuits; to fool.

  2. fool aroundverb

    To flirt or philander. RHUDbr/

  3. fool aroundverb

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. fool aroundverb

    to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around

  2. fool aroundverb

    to waste time

  3. fool aroundverb

    to engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts

  4. fool aroundverb

    to engage in adultery; to play around

Wikipedia

  1. Fool Around

    Fool Around is the debut album by American singer Rachel Sweet. It was first released in the United Kingdom on October 13, 1978 by Stiff Records. The album was released in the United States in July 1979, by Stiff and Columbia Records, with a revised track listing.

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  1. fool around

    "Fool around" is an informal phrase which generally means to spend time idly, without any serious intent or direction, often engaging in frivolous or nonproductive activities. It can also refer to behaving in a silly or playful manner. In another context, it can imply casual or unserious romantic or sexual activities.

Wikidata

  1. Fool Around

    Fool Around is Rachel Sweet's debut album, released when she was age 16. The album was originally released in England as Stiff Records SEEZ 12 with some different tracks and ordering from that which appeared on the American release and all other releases since.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fool around in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fool around in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fool around in a Sentence

  1. Lynn Calvacca:

    There are no other board members that I know of of, this is his message to say, ‘ You know what, don’t fool around with me cause I own this building. ’ And I don’t mean financially, he owns with the terror that he’s inflicting upon people.

  2. Valeria Meresz:

    I think life is serious enough and every once in a while it feels good to fool around a bit and just let off the steam.

  3. Nicolas Maduro:

    We're after and will capture the very last of the attackers, you all know that I don't fool around. When I go after criminals, I get them and I will capture all of these criminals who are getting their orders from the right-wingers.

  4. Nicolas Maduro:

    We're after and will capture the very last of the attackers, you all know that I don't fool around. When I go after criminals, I get them, and I will capture all of these criminals who are getting their orders from the right-wingers.

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