fool around

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения игривого, глупого или несерьёзного поведения, или траты времени впустую.

A phrasal verb used to indicate engaging in playful, silly, or unserious behavior, or wasting time.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, no object

1. Behave playfully or waste timeinformal

   To act in a silly or unserious way, often wasting time instead of doing something productive.

   Бездельничать

   • Stop fooling around and finish your homework.
   • The kids were fooling around in the backyard.
   • He got fired for fooling around at work.

   Synonymsclown aroundgoof-offhorse aroundlark aboutmess aroundmonkey aroundmuck aboutplay around

   Antonymslaborstrivetoilwork

2. Engage in casual sexual activityinformal

   To engage in sexual activity without serious intentions or commitment.

   Заниматься случайными половыми связями

   • They were just fooling around, not in a serious relationship.
   • She caught him fooling around with her best friend.
   • He's not looking for anything serious, just fooling around.

   Synonymshook upmess aroundplay aroundsleep around

Base verbfool