Meanings
present singular third person fucks around · participle present fucking around · participle past fucked around · past fucked around · alternative fuck about
- slangvulgarTo fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time.
Stop fucking around! Just get a move on!
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Quit fucking around and get back to work!
Would you ever not fuck around in the utility van?
If you fucked around at the waiting line, you have to remain still.
Usually someone fucks around for distractions of a reaction they saw.
Synonyms: waste time
- slangvulgarTo fool around.
He was just fucking around.
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Looks that I fuck around for anything.
No one fucks around with the basement.
Fucked around at the party? You better leave now or it'll get worse!
Also, as far as kicking someone when he's down is concerned, what is the problem here? Again, the object is to win, yes? Well, if he gets up, you might lose; therefore he must not get up. He needs to be kicked. You said you wanted to win. Or are you people just fucking around? I suspect that might be the case. Well, stop fucking around and make up your mind.
1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 179Synonyms: clown around, fool around, screw around
- rareslangvulgarTo have sex with many partners.
After the breakup, she made the most of being single and fucked around.
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I sat in a sauna soon after, perusing a sexy fellow athlete who fucks around a lot and who had made it clear she could be seduced.
1987 August 15, Laurie Sherman, “What's A Dyke To Do? A Lesbian Reluctantly Enters The Age Of Safe Sex”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 8Synonyms: screw around, get around, fiddle around, sleep around
- slangvulgarTo horseplay, joke around, behave immaturely or irresponsibly
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time.
verbTo fool around.
verbTo have sex with many partners.
horseplay
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 亂搞 /乱搞, 胡搞
- 亂搞 /乱搞 (luàngǎo)to fool around; joking, bugging
- 胡搞 (húgǎo)to fool around; joking, bugging
Czech špekulovat, kurvit se
- špekulovatto procrastinate
- kurvit seto have sex with many partners
- kurevničitto have sex with many partners
- špekulovatto behave immaturely
Finnish viivytellä, aikailla
- viivytelläto procrastinate
- aikaillato procrastinate
- pelleilläto fool around; joking, bugging
- huoratato have sex with many partners
- olla kenen kanssa sattuuto have sex with many partners
- hölmöilläto behave immaturely
French procrastiner, glander
- procrastinerto procrastinate
- glanderto fool around; joking, bugging
- flemmarderto fool around; joking, bugging
- coucher à droite et à gaucheto have sex with many partners
German herumtrödeln, herumdahlen
- herumtrödelnto procrastinate
- herumdahlento procrastinate
- herumblödelnto fool around; joking, bugging
- herumhurento have sex with many partners
- herumkaspernto behave immaturely
- herumalbernto behave immaturely
Greek κωλοβαράω
- κωλοβαράω (kolovaráo)to fool around; joking, bugging
Hungarian tököl, totojázik
- tökölto procrastinate
- totojázikto procrastinate
- pöcsölto procrastinate
- elbassza az időtto procrastinate
- baszakodikto fool around; joking, bugging
- fűvel-fával dug/kefél/kúrto have sex with many partners
Italian cazzeggiare, cazzeggiare
- cazzeggiareto procrastinate
- cazzeggiareto fool around; joking, bugging
- cazzeggiareto behave immaturely
Polish opierdalać się, walić w chuja
- opierdalać sięto procrastinate
- walić w chujato procrastinate
Romanian fute vremea, fute timpul
- fute vremeato procrastinate
- fute timpulto procrastinate
- băga pulato procrastinate
- fute vremeato fool around; joking, bugging
- fute timpulto fool around; joking, bugging
- băga pulato fool around; joking, bugging
- fute cu cine se nimereșteto have sex with many partners
- fute vremeato behave immaturely
- fute timpulto behave immaturely
- băga pulato behave immaturely
Russian безде́льничать, лоботря́сничать
- безде́льничать (bezdélʹničatʹ)to procrastinate
- лоботря́сничать (lobotrjásničatʹ)to procrastinate
- бить баклу́ши (bitʹ baklúši)to procrastinate
- валя́ть дурака́ (valjátʹ duraká)to procrastinate
- дура́читься (duráčitʹsja)to procrastinate
- страда́ть хуйнёй (stradátʹ xujnjój)to procrastinate
- дура́читься (duráčitʹsja)to fool around; joking, bugging
- валя́ть дурака́ (valjátʹ duraká)to fool around; joking, bugging
- стра́дать хуйнёй (strádatʹ xujnjój)to fool around; joking, bugging
- хуи́ пина́ть (xuí pinátʹ)to fool around; joking, bugging
- развра́тничать (razvrátničatʹ)to have sex with many partners
- распу́тничать (raspútničatʹ)to have sex with many partners
Spanish joder, putear
- joderto procrastinate
- putearto fool around; joking, bugging
- joderto fool around; joking, bugging
- molestarto fool around; joking, bugging
- huevearto fool around; joking, bugging
- fregarto fool around; joking, bugging
- mamarto fool around; joking, bugging
Swedish söla, slå dank
- sölato procrastinate
- slå dankto procrastinate
- segato procrastinate
- knulla runtto have sex with many partners
- ligga runtto have sex with many partners
- barnsla sigto behave immaturely
- larva sigto behave immaturely
- tramsato behave immaturely
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