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Princeton's WordNet

  1. play around, fool aroundverb

    commit adultery

    "he plays around a lot"

  2. dabble, smatter, play aroundverb

    work with in an amateurish manner

    "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"

Wiktionary

  1. play aroundverb

    To behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way.

  2. play aroundverb

    To work with in a non-serious manner

  3. play aroundverb

    To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.

Wikipedia

  1. Play Around

    Play Around was the lead single released from Lil' Ceases debut album, The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo. The song was produced by Bink (then known as Bink Dogg) and featured Lil' Kim, Joe Hooker and Mr. Bristal. It is Lil Cease's only single. The song was a hit on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, peaking at number nine, though it was only a minor success on the R&B chart and did not reach the Billboard Hot 100. Nonetheless, it was the most successful single that Cease released during his short-lived solo career and reached the Billboard Year-End charts as one of the years most successful rap singles.

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  1. play around

    "Play around" generally refers to engaging in an activity casually or without serious intent. It can mean to experiment with or explore something without the aim of producing real or important effects. It can also refer to behaving unseriously or frivolously in a given situation. Furthermore, it can also imply infidelity in some context. The definition varies based on the context it's used in.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of play around in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of play around in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of play around in a Sentence

  1. Kai Pfaffenbach:

    The semi-finals is a warm up also for photographers, i was free to play around and I thought I would try a motion blur ... I saw him running ... The moment he turned his head I thought the picture was ruined as it would be too shaky but it just happened ... and overnight it became 'the' picture.

  2. Jim Mitchell:

    The game changer for distillers is the infusion chamber which allows a distiller to play around with infused spirits using their normal wash or low wine, want to make an avocado/mint-infused vodka? You can pilot it on the PicSstill using only a couple gallons of wash or low wine. There is nothing like else like this on the market today that is as agile or automated.

  3. Keith Graves:

    [She] is very rambunctious and has a lot of energy and she knows how to get out of the apartment – so she got out of the apartment and did what a 3-year-old does, play around, a kid is going to play outside, not have shoes on and so forth, so a child being not clean, that’s just natural.

  4. Tiger Woods:

    I think something that is realistic is playing the tour one day, never full time, ever again, but pick and choose, just like Mr.( Ben) Hogan did, pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that. You practice around that, and you gear yourself up for that. And you play. I think that’s how I ’m going to have to play it from now on.

  5. Amy Muise:

    This is another point of negotiation between partners, one of them is just too exhausted. That might be something to play around with, is there a time on the weekend that we could try instead.


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  • بازی در اطرافPersian
  • ارد گرد کھیلناUrdu

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