fool around
Waste time idly
Fool around means to spend time idly or playfully without serious purpose: We spent the afternoon fooling around in the garage.
It often implies wasting time when you should be doing something else: Stop fooling around and finish your homework.
Fool around also commonly means to engage in casual sexual activity, especially outside a committed relationship: She found out he'd been fooling around with his coworker.
Lighthearted playful movement
- rompPlayful, spirited activity
- goof offIdle instead of working
- larkSongbird or escapade
- cavortPlay with lively movement
gambol · fun · amusement · recreation · leisure · pastime · diversion · merrymaking
Mock playfully
- seduceLure into intimacy
- charmAttractive personal quality
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- coquetteTeasing, insincere charmer
wink · giggle · compliment · sultry · coy · enticing · smitten · crush
Playful trick on someone
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
antics · rascal · impish · naughty · rowdy · disobey · defy · disruptive
frolic
Lighthearted playful movement
cavort · gambol · fun · amusement · recreation · leisure · pastime · diversion · merrymaking · revelry
tease
Mock playfully
coquette · wink · giggle · compliment · sultry · coy · enticing · smitten · crush · infatuation
prank
Playful trick on someone
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
troublemaker · antics · rascal · impish · naughty · rowdy · disobey · defy · disruptive · unruly
- mischiefmischief, hijinks, antics, pranks, antic
- idlingidle, idled, loaf, loafed, laze
- fidgetingfidgeting, fidget, tapping, fiddle, finger tapping
- teasingtease, teasing, rib, ribbing, josh
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
fool aroundget serious
buckle down · get down to business · work hard · knuckle down · apply oneself
fool, around, foolish, foolishness, foolishly, foolery, fooling around, fooler