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Definition of Fool around
1. Verb. Indulge in horseplay. "The bored children were fooling about"
Generic synonyms: Jest, Joke, Play
Derivative terms: Fool, Foolery
2. Verb. Commit adultery. "He plays around a lot"
Definition of Fool around
1. Verb. (intransitive) to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to waste time ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) to engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) to engage in adultery; to play around ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fool Around
Literary usage of Fool around
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1999)
"They have a mission to do, they are there to do it, and they are not going to
fool around with sick Marines that are out. Mr. SHAYS. They don't want to fool ..."
2. Psychopathology by Edward John Kempf (1920)
"... I got so low down I didn't have anything until I came out of my mother—they
can crucify me if they want to—they can fool around and fool around, ..."
3. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1881)
""Tom I don't like to fool around much where there's dead people. A body's bound
to get into trouble with 'em, sure." "I don't like to stir'em up, either. ..."
4. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh: Revised Edition by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2006)
""However, if man did not fool around and lie every moment of every day, his head
would burst. So think, parrot: is there only ..."
5. Poet Lore (1900)
"Haven't you anything better to do than to fool around like children ? Huh ?
Go do something, Tine. Set the table. ..."
6. Some Questions of Good English, Examined in Controversies with Dr by Ralph Olmsted Williams, Fitzedward Hall (1897)
"you have got your work to do and you must not fool around any longer.—Walter
Besant, “Armorel of Lyonesse,” Part I., ch. iv.—.. . no visitor. ..."
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