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RELATED WORDS : all around around around the bend around the clock arse around baseball play basketball play beat around the bush bob around boss around bring around bum around bump around cast around child's play circle around clown around come around double play dramatic play draw play drive around fool around football play force play foul play frig around gang around gather around get around get around to go around go around in circles hang around hang around with horse around in play jazz around just around the corner kick around kid around knock around lie around loll around look around lounge around match play medal play mess around mill around miracle play monkey around moon around mope around morality play move around muck around mystery play nose around out of play pass around passing play passion play period of play play play a joke on play a trick on play along play around with play back play ball play by ear play down play dumb play false play group play havoc with play hooky play it by ear play list play off play on play on words play out play possum play reading play safe play the game play the market play therapy play up play up to play with fire poke around potter around power play puppet play push around putter around revolve around roll around run around running play safety squeeze play satyr play send around shadow play sleeping around slosh around slush around spin around splash around squeeze play stick around stroke play suicide squeeze play swing around the other way around tool around trap play triple play turn around turned around twist around walk around waltz around wheel around whirl around word play

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb play around has 2 senses

• play around(v = verb.social) fool around - commit adultery; "he plays around a lot"
is one way to betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• play around(v = verb.social) dabble, smatter - work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
is one way to busy, occupy
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

THESAURUS

play around

cast coquettish glances, coquet, dabble, dally, eye, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, frivol, gallivant, gold-dig, horse around, idle, jerk off, kid around, loiter, look sweet upon, make eyes at, mess, mess around, monkey, monkey around, ogle, philander, piddle, play, play with, potter, putter, run around, smatter, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, twiddle, womanize

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