fooling around
Not being serious
Fooling around means engaging in aimless, playful, or mischievous activity: Stop fooling around and get to work.
It often implies wasting time or not being serious.
The phrase also commonly refers to casual sexual activity, especially outside a committed relationship: She found out he'd been fooling around with his coworker.
- goofing offIdling instead of working
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- canoodlingAmorous physical affection
- dallianceBrief, casual romance
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
horseplay · hooking up · acting up · mischief · hijinks · shenanigans · hanky-panky · procrastinating · philandering · flirting · playing the field · clowning · having a laugh · two-timing · teasing · joking · bantering · giggling
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, slacking, loafing, chilling, hanging out
- playfulnessplay, frolic, romp, fun, mirth
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- tomfoolerysilliness, clownery, clownishness, goofing off, clowning
- horseplayroughhousing, hijinks, antics, horseplay, high jinks
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
fooling aroundfocusing
Concentrating on one point
getting down to business · buckling down · working · concentrating · applying oneself
fooling aroundfidelity
Loyalty or exactness
staying true · monogamy · commitment · keeping faith · devotion
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