fool around

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner un comportement ludique, stupide ou peu sérieux, ou le fait de perdre son temps.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Behave playfully or waste timeinformal

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

   s'amuser bêtement / perdre son temps

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

   Synonymesclown aroundgoof-offhorse aroundlark aboutmess aroundmonkey aroundmuck aboutplay around

   Antonymeslaborstrivetoilwork

2. Engage in casual sexual activityinformal

   To engage in sexual activity without serious intentions or commitment.

   avoir des relations sexuelles sans engagement

   • 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.

   Synonymeshook upmess aroundplay aroundsleep around

Verbe de basefool