FOOL AROUND

Meaning of FOOL AROUND in English

spend time playing rather than working, waste time If he would spend less time fooling around he would be able to get some work done.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

FOOL AROUND — intransitive verb Date: 1837 to spend time idly, aimlessly, or frivolously, to engage in casual sexual activity
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOOL AROUND — engage in casual sexual activity; dally, idle, dawdle, tarry, loiter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FOOL AROUND — Date: 1837 1. : to spend time idly, aimlessly, or frivolously 2. : to engage in casual sexual activity
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOOL AROUND — Function: intransitive verb Date: 1837 1 : to spend time idly, aimlessly, or frivolously 2 : to engage in casual …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FOOL AROUND — chiefly N. Amer. engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity. → fool
Concise Oxford English vocab
FOOL AROUND — [fool around] vi (1837) 1: to spend time idly, aimlessly, or frivolously 2: to engage in casual sexual activity
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOL AROUND — 1. ( BrE also ˌfool aˈbout ) to waste time instead of doing sth that you should be doing SYN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOL AROUND — fool around ( also fool about British English ) phrasal verb ( see also ↑ fool ) 1 . to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOL AROUND — 1. If you fool around , you behave in a silly, dangerous, or irresponsible way. They were fooling around on …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOL AROUND — 1. If you ~, you behave in a silly, dangerous, or irresponsible way. They were fooling around on an Army …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FOOL AROUND — Synonyms and related words : antic, be foolish, be stupid, caper, caracole, carry on, cavort, clown, clown around, coquet, curvet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOOL AROUND — See: MESS AROUND.
Slang English vocab
FOOL AROUND — Function: verb Synonyms: PHILANDER , mess around, play (around), wolf, womanize
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FOOL AROUND — verb Synonyms: philander , mess around, play (around), wolf, womanize
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOOL AROUND — someone's been fooling around with the controls : FIDDLE, play (about/around), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey about/around; informal mess …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOOL AROUND — v (sl) ласкать, заниматься петтингом
Dirty English-Russian vocab
FOOL AROUND — v. ( D ; intr. ) to ~ with (don't ~ with fire)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
FOOL AROUND — See: MESS AROUND.
Словарь английских идиом
FOOL AROUND
English Idioms vocabulary
FOOL AROUND — 1) играть, забавляться (ведя себя безрассудно, глупо, с риском для жизни) Don't fool around/about with matches. ≈ Не играй со …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOL AROUND — phr v 1. = fool about 2. дразнить
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOOL AROUND — 1) играть, забавляться (ведя себя безрассудно, глупо, с риском для жизни) Don't fool around/about with matches. — Не играй со …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FOOL AROUND — phr v 1. = fool about 2. дразнить
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FOOL AROUND — phr v 1. = fool about 2. дразнить
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOOL AROUND — дурачиться, валять дурака, болтаться попусту, зря болтаться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FOOL AROUND — дурачиться, валять дурака, болтаться попусту, зря болтаться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FOOL AROUND — = _ам. fool about
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FOOL AROUND — = ам. fool about
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FOOL AROUND — зря болтаться
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FOOL AROUND — 1) играть, забавляться (ведя себя безрассудно, глупо, с риском для жизни) Don't fool around/about with matches. ≈ Не играй со …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOL — I. ˈfül noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fol, fool, from Old French fol, from Late Latin follis, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOL — fool 1 /foohl/ , n. 1. a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOOL — I. ˈfül noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fol, from Late Latin follis, from Latin, bellows, bag; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOOL — vt to infatuate; to make foolish. 2. fool ·noun one who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked …
Webster English vocab
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
FOOL — [fool] n [ME, fr. OF fol, fr. LL follis, fr. L, bellows, bag; akin to OHG bolla blister, balg bag--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOL — also called Jester, a comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of amusement and …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOOL — / fuːl; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C ] a person who you think …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOL — I. fool 1 /fuːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: fol , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOL — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a stupid person. 2 hist. a jester; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOOL — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a stupid person. 2 hist. a jester; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOOL — 1. n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a stupid person. 2 hist. a …
Oxford English vocab
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
FOOL — ( fools, fooling, fooled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocab

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