jack around

verb

To misbehave, fool around.

Meanings

verbjack around (third-person singular simple present jacks around, present participle jacking around, simple past and past participle jacked around)

present singular third person jacks around · participle present jacking around · participle past jacked around · past jacked around

  1. slangTo dawdle; to waste time.
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