play around
Tinker without commitment
Play around means to engage in casual, unfocused activity—experimenting without serious commitment: I've been playing around with watercolors lately.
It can suggest wasting time when you should be working: Stop playing around and finish your homework.
Play around also means to have casual sexual affairs: He'd been playing around behind her back for years.
Mender of metal household wares
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- dabbleEngage superficially
- toy withEngage halfheartedly with
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
explore · try out · noodle · putter · piddle · goof off · kill time · pass time
Act dishonestly to win
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- two-timingBeing unfaithful romantically
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
adultery · philander · stray · dalliance · tryst · extramarital · cheating · betrayal
tinker
Mender of metal household wares
experiment · explore · try out · noodle · putter · piddle · goof off · kill time · pass time · idle
cheat
Act dishonestly to win
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- two-timingBeing unfaithful romantically
unfaithful · adultery · philander · stray · dalliance · tryst · extramarital · cheating · betrayal · on the side
romp
Playful, spirited activity
rollick · horseplay · roughhouse · tumble · chase · wrestle · tickle · splash · skylarking · merrymaking
play aroundwork hard
Expend serious effort
buckle down · get serious · focus · knuckle down · concentrate
play aroundfollow the rules
play, around, player, playful, playing, played, plays, players, playfully