fuck around

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fuck around

verb fucks around · fucking around · fucked around · fuck about

  1. slang, vulgar To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time. Quit fucking around and get back to work!

    Similar: waste time

  2. slang, vulgar To fool around. He was just fucking around.

    Similar: clown around, fool around, screw around

  3. rare, slang, vulgar To have sex with many partners. After the breakup, she made the most of being single and fucked around.

    Similar: screw around, get around, fiddle around, sleep around

  4. slang, vulgar To horseplay, joke around, behave immaturely or irresponsibly

Similar: horse around, joke around

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verb

Similar: horse around, joke around

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verb to procrastinate

Españoljoder
Françaisprocrastiner
Deutschherumtrödeln, herumdahlen
Italianocazzeggiare
Românăfute vremea, fute timpul, băga pula
Русскийбезде́льничать bezdélʹničatʹ, лоботря́сничать lobotrjásničatʹ, бить баклу́ши bitʹ baklúši, валя́ть дурака́ valjátʹ duraká, дура́читься duráčitʹsja, страда́ть хуйнёй stradátʹ xujnjój

verb to fool around; joking, bugging

Españolputear, joder, molestar, huevear, fregar, mamar
中文亂搞 /乱搞 luàngǎo, 胡搞 húgǎo
Françaisglander, flemmarder
Deutschherumblödeln
Italianocazzeggiare
Ελληνικάκωλοβαράω kolovaráo
Românăfute vremea, fute timpul, băga pula
Русскийдура́читься duráčitʹsja, валя́ть дурака́ valjátʹ duraká, стра́дать хуйнёй strádatʹ xujnjój, хуи́ пина́ть xuí pinátʹ

verb to have sex with many partners

Françaiscoucher à droite et à gauche
Deutschherumhuren
Românăfute cu cine se nimerește
Русскийразвра́тничать razvrátničatʹ, распу́тничать raspútničatʹ, блядова́ть bljadovátʹ

verb to behave immaturely

Deutschherumkaspern, herumalbern
Italianocazzeggiare
Românăfute vremea, fute timpul, băga pula
Русскийвыёбываться vyjóbyvatʹsja, вы́ебнуться výjebnutʹsja

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@misc{fuck_around_2026,
  title = {fuck around},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fuck%20around},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}