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To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To waste time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal, intransitive
Examples
- Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To engage in adultery; to play around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
indulge in horseplay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!
- The bored children were fooling about
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horse around, arse around, fool
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: joke, jest, play
commit adultery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: play around
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
鬼混
(guǐhùn)
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Xiang Chinese:
亂它 /乱它
(lonn5 do2)
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Xiang Chinese:
希望
(lonn5 do2)
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Danish:
tosse rundt
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Finnish:
hölmöillä
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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French:
faire l'imbécile
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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French:
flâner
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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German:
herumalbern
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Ingrian:
hullussella
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Japanese:
ふざける
(fuzakeru)
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Latin:
dēsipiō
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Māori:
whakarunaruna
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Māori:
porohīanga
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Polish:
wygłupiać się
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Polish:
pajacować
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Portuguese:
brincar
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Portuguese:
encher o saco
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Russian:
валя́ть дурака́
(valjátʹ duraká)
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Russian:
дура́читься
(duráčitʹsja)
— to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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Māori:
mākahi
— to behave in a thoughtless or irresponsible way
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Polish:
zachowywać się nieodpowiedzialnie
— to behave in a thoughtless or irresponsible way
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French:
traînailler
— to waste time
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French:
se la couler douce
— to waste time
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French:
flâner
— to waste time
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Polish:
tracić czas
— to waste time
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Spanish:
pelar la pava
— to waste time
