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fuck around (third-person singular simple present fucks around, present participle fucking around, simple past and past participle fucked around)
- (slang, vulgar) To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time.
Quit fucking around and get back to work!
- (slang, vulgar) To fool around.
He was just fucking around.
1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 179: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.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sex with many partners.
After the breakup, she made the most of being single and fucked around.
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 8: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.
- (slang, vulgar) To horseplay, joke around, behave immaturely or irresponsibly
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to procrastinate
- Armenian: մուկ տշել (muk tšel), թրեւ գալ (tʿrew gal), ճանճ բռնել (čanč bṙnel), քամի կուլ տալ (kʿami kul tal)
- Azerbaijani: lülə qurutmaq
- Catalan: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: viivytellä (fi), aikailla (fi)
- French: procrastiner (fr)
- Galician: foder (gl)
- German: herumtrödeln (de), herumdahlen (regional or dated)
- Hungarian: tököl (hu), totojázik (hu), pöcsöl (hu), elbassza az időt
- Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
- Polish: opierdalać się (pl) impf (vulgar)
- Russian: безде́льничать (ru) impf (bezdélʹničatʹ), лоботря́сничать (ru) impf (lobotrjásničatʹ), бить баклу́ши (ru) impf (bitʹ baklúši), валя́ть дурака́ (ru) impf (valjátʹ duraká), дура́читься (ru) (duráčitʹsja), страда́ть хуйнёй impf (stradátʹ xujnjój)
- Spanish: joder (es)
- Swedish: söla (sv), slå dank (sv), sega (sv)
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to fool around; joking, bugging
- Armenian: խեղկատակություն անել (xeġkatakutʿyun anel), օյինբազություն անել (ōyinbazutʿyun anel)
- Azerbaijani: məzələnmək
- Catalan: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: pelleillä (fi)
- French: glander (fr), flemmarder (fr)
- Galician: putear (gl), foder (gl)
- German: herumblödeln (de)
- Greek: κωλοβαράω (el) (kolovaráo)
- Hungarian: baszakodik (hu)
- Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
- Russian: дура́читься (ru) (duráčitʹsja), валя́ть дурака́ (ru) impf (valjátʹ duraká), стра́дать хуйнёй (strádatʹ xujnjój), хуи́ пина́ть (ru) (xuí pinátʹ)
- Spanish: putear (es), joder (es), molestar (es), huevear (es) (Chile), fregar (es) (Ecuador), mamar (es) (Mexico)
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to have sex with many partners
Translations to be checked: "to fool around; joking; bugging"