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All play around synonyms

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verb play around

  • larking — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
  • dabble — If you dabble in something, you take part in it but not very seriously.
  • fiddle — a musical instrument of the viol family.
  • fidget — to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
  • fool around — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
  • dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
  • muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
  • mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
  • caper — Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
  • necked — having a neck of a kind specified (usually used in combination): a square-necked blouse.
  • caress — If you caress someone, you stroke them gently and affectionately.
  • lollygag — lallygag.
  • horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
  • boondoggle — People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
  • frivol — to behave frivolously; trifle.
  • lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
  • lollygagging — lallygag.
  • frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
  • idled — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
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