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Meanings of fool around in English

Portuguese
brincar
Spanish
tontear

Indulge in horseplay.

        brincar
        Spanish
        juguetear

        Commit adultery.

              juguetear
              Usage of fool around in English
              1
              Miles wasn't going to fool around with any of that street garbage.
              Terminal Compromise
              2
              Besides, I haven't any time to fool around looking for an island.
              Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle
              3
              I fool around a lot too, but I don't go on vacations.
              100 New Yorkers of the 1970s
              4
              D' you think I'd fool around with one of these swell dudes?
              Out of the Primitive
              5
              Oh, well, he and Dad could fool around down in the range.
              The Best Made Plans
              6
              If you fool around down there, he'll-he'll-he'lljustabout wear you out.
              Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography
              7
              Tom, I don't like to fool around much where there's dead people.
              The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
              8
              Never say you don't drink or fool around because it's morally wrong.
              Priceless: how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen tr...
              9
              Now didn't seem like the time to fool around with unfamiliar weapons.
              Rot & ruin
              10
              What good was a Saturday if you didn't get to fool around?
              Public secrets
              11
              The trouble is he'd rather fool around. She blushed and he laughed.
              Full circle
              12
              Because he didn't think anyone else would fool around with the Duff?
              The Duff
              13
              They go to Vanessa's garage and fool around in her mother's Buick.
              The new yorker
              14
              They want to run about and fool around an get by.
              Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
              15
              I bet he won't care to fool around the works again.
              Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
              16
              And don't you fool around any, because he'll want to know the news.
              The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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              Translations for fool around
              Portuguese
              brincar
              Fool around through the time
              Fool around across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common