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Verb fool around has 2 senses

• fool around(v = verb.communication) arse around, fool, horse around - indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
is one way to jest, joke, play
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• fool around(v = verb.social) play around - commit adultery; "he plays around a lot"
is one way to betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander
Sample sentence:
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fool around

antic, be foolish, be stupid, caper, caracole, carry on, cavort, clown, clown around, coquet, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dabble, dally, dance, disport, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, flounce, fool, fool with, fribble, frisk, frivol, frolic, gambol, get funny, go haywire, horse around, idle, invite ridicule, jerk off, kid around, loiter, mess around, monkey, monkey around, piddle, play, play around, play the buffoon, play the fool, play with, potter, putter, rollick, romp, skip, smatter, sport, tinker, tomfool, toy, toy with, trifle, trip, twiddle, womanize

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Wit

VB joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes, perpetrate a joke, pun, perpetrate a pun, make fun of, make merry with, kid, kid around, fool around, set the table in a roar, retort, banter, ridentem dicere verum, joke at one's expense, take in jest, bomb, fall flat, go over like a lead balloon.

Folly

VB to be an imbecile, have no brains, have no sense, trifle, drivel, radoter, dote, ramble, play the fool, play the monkey, monkey around, fool around, take leave of one's senses (insanity), not see an inch beyond one's nose, stultify oneself, talk nonsense.

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