play around

• Verbe à particule indiquant une activité non sérieuse, ludique, expérimentale ou sans but précis, souvent pour s'amuser ou tester des choses.

A phrasal verb used to indicate engaging in casual, unserious, or experimental activity, often for amusement or without a fixed purpose.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Engage in casual activityinformal

   To spend time doing something in a relaxed, unserious, or playful manner.

   S'amuser sans but précis

   • The kids are playing around in the backyard.
   • Stop playing around and get to work.
   • We were just playing around with the new software.

   Synonymescavortdallyfool aroundfrolicidlelarkmess aroundromptrifle

   Antonymeslabortoilwork

2. Experiment or tinkerinformal

   To try different things without a specific goal, often to learn or explore.

   tâtonner / expérimenter sans but précis

   • He likes to play around with old radios.
   • She played around with different recipes until she found one she liked.
   • I'm just playing around with the design to see what works.

   Synonymesdabbleexperimentfiddlefool aroundmess aroundpotterputtertinker

3. Be unfaithfulinformal

   To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone other than one's partner.

   tromper son partenaire

   • She suspected her husband was playing around.
   • He was caught playing around with a coworker.
   • They broke up because one of them was playing around.

   Synonymescarry oncheatfool aroundmess aroundphilanderstep outstraytwo-time

   Antonymesremainsettlestay

Verbe de baseplay